A new study of bald cypress trees reveals how ancient climate shifts, starting around 500 A.D., drastically shortened tree ...

Scientists documenting the ages of bald cypress along the Black River in southeastern North Carolina have discovered an ancient tree whose annual growth rings show it to be at least 2,624 years old.

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- In the winding waterways of South Louisiana, the cypress swamp stands as a living monument to time itself. The scene is iconic: still water reflecting tangled ...

Researchers have identified a group of ancient bald cypress trees which are over 2,000 years old in the forested wetlands of North Carolina's Black River. Staggeringly, the scientists found that one ...

Cypress trees, swamp oaks, tupelo — more than 215,000 native wetland trees have just been planted to restore 500 acres in Four Holes Swamp near Holly Hill. Think of them as a solution to flooding. The ...

As the search continues, Forrest leads a group of local history buffs who want the artifact found and displayed in Livingston Parish.

Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come. - Karen Joy Fowler Author Karen Joy Fowler has it right. When it comes to "immortal" trees in Illinois and the Eastern U.S., none have ...

Down along the state line in Frankford exists Delaware’s largest freshwater wetland and contiguous block of forest, and perhaps its last truly wild land: the Great Cypress Swamp. At one time, the ...

Last month I awoke beside one of the most majestic natural ecosystems in the Southeast, a cypress swamp. The scene was breathtaking — mirror-like water, towering trees and their associated cypress ...