David Stahle, a professor from Arkansas, identified a tree on the Black River as the oldest known Bald Cypress tree in the world. The tree is at least 2,624 years old.

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.

Bald cypress trees lined the banks, their canopy creating shaded bumper lanes along the sides of the route. ... The river was lined with mansions with deep front lawns down to the banks, ...

NAVASSA - More than 1,200 years ago, the cypress tree took root on the banks of the Cape Fear River. It grew for centuries. By the time loggers discovered it in the 18th or 19th century, its trunk … ...

"You see that tree line over there," he said while weaving through cypress-lined channels in a small powerboat last week. "That tree line used to be right here. So all the trees from this point ...

Falls of Rough, Kentucky – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and volunteers took to the banks of Rough River Lake recently to complete a tree planting project that will provide benefits for the area ...

Choice for new Miss. River Bridge threatens forest with 300 -year-old cypress trees. (Laura Comeaux) DOTD Secretary Dr. Shawn Wilson says the final decision on where to put the new bridge relies ...

Dozens of volunteers planted 600 cypress trees near a Madisonville lighthouse on Tuesday morning, organized in connection with the NFL ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl in New Orleans.