In the Atchafalaya Basin—the largest river swamp in the U.S.—ancient cypress trees act as natural barriers against hurricanes and extreme weather. Spanning a million acres, these nearly ...

red cypress or swamp cypress, depending on your location. The bald cypress is unique in that it is a deciduous conifer tree (I know, confusing, right?!). While the tree is technically a conifer ...

Located 30 miles northeast of Old Naples (and about 45 miles south of Fort Myers), these 13,000 acres of marshland are home to 600-year-old trees ... old-growth bald cypress forest in North ...