“These necessary upgrades will enhance the sanctuary’s infrastructure, providing better management of stormwater runoff and safeguarding the rare bald cypress swamp,” the release said.

Dwarf baldcypress, dwarf swamp cypress Latin name: Taxodium distichum ‘Peve Minaret’ Plant size: 6-10′ high by 3′ wide in 10 years USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-11 (marginally in Zone 4) Cultural needs: ...

J oining southeastern Virginia with northeastern North Carolina, the Great Dismal Swamp is a stretch of forested wetland that ...

A 2.25-mile boardwalk curves through the sanctuary's pine flatwood, wet prairie, around a marsh, and finally into the largest old-growth bald cypress forest ... night tours, swamp walks and ...

Bald cypress trees once covered more than a million ... of acres of profitable cypress were logged out of Louisiana swamps," said Jacob Gautreaux, an adjunct history instructor at University ...

Shana Williams learns about bald cypress trees and old growth forests ... We have American beech trees, and we also have very large swamp chestnut oaks here, which have a invaluable food source ...

Louisiana swamps are famous around the world for their beauty and unique ecologically rich wetlands. Let's take a look at 4 ...

The aptly named bald cypress is one of the few conifer species that loses its needles in winter but not before it puts on a show of autumn colours that changes with the light. No two views were ...

Marshall National Wildlife Refuge had three people fired this month, reducing an already anemic staff to watch over 145,200 acres of Everglades marsh and bald cypress swamp. Michelle Hendricks ...

Afterward, kayakers caravan to the tour site – the closest remaining cypress tupelo swamp, located about 45 ... Aside from gators, you can expect to see bald eagles, deer, owls, turtles and ...