A saw this Bald Cypress photo in a book I was reading yesterday*, and the author was speculating that it was probably a sapling when Ponce de Leon was trampling through the scrub palmettos looking for...well, you know what he was looking for.
Bald Cypress trees live a long time (e.g., Lady Liberty: 2000 yrs, The Senator: 3500 yrs)
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Brownbird - Throwback Thursday
*a library book, "Florida's Magnificent Water." This particular tree, in Green Swamp in Sumter County, sustained a massive injury and still thrives..
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I thought they cut them all down, but one of the FB florida hiking groups has people posting pics with big ones deep in the woods
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