The study says a nearby cypress in the same river swamp is at least 2,088 years old. Scientists believe other, unsampled 2,000-plus-year-old trees exist along the 66-mile-long stream.

Recently discovered 2,624-year-old bald cypress tree looms beside Julie Moore, front, and Dr. David Stahle in Three Sisters Swamp on the Black River in southeastern North Carolina.

The Great Cypress Swamp is home to one of the northernmost baldcypress stands in the nation, recognizable by the knobby “knees” poking out of the tannin-darkened swamp waters.

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Today, nonprofit Delaware Wild Lands is restoring the swamp, of which they own over 10,000 acres. The Great Cypress Swamp is critical to air and water quality in Sussex County and surrounding areas.

In 12 to 15 years, Bayou Fisher will start to look like a real forest, with oak, hickory, pecan, ash and maple trees. A small collection of young cypress trees sits on the land, too.

The bald cypress is one of the Dismal Swamp’s signature trees. At the garden, West is responsible for the grounds around Mirror Lake, a large wetlands pond where cypress trees grow in abundance.

MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY)– An iconic cypress tree at Lake Martin is in danger after it caught fire during the severe weather events last week. News Ten spoke with the Louisiana Swamp Base about ...

He kept looking down, writing something on his little notepad. Meanwhile, the rest of us watched, not a small falling limb, but the broken-off top of the cypress tree, which was about 50 feet high.