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Millenium-old Cypress Tree BIG MAMA Dies in Virginia

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Millenium-old Cypress Tree BIG MAMA Dies in Virginia
An ancient bald cypress dating back 1,000 years or more has died in a remote swamp 80 miles southeast of Richmond.

Dubbed Big Mama, the largest tree in Virginia towered over Cypress Bridge, a swamp in the Nottoway River. The 40 acres of virgin wilderness is so remote, its existence wasn't reported until 2005.

The cypress was at least 1,000 years old, and perhaps older, experts said.

Byron Carmean, a retired horticulture teacher who discovered Big Mama in the fall of 2005, estimated its age at between 1,500 and 2,000 years.


Sad to see especially after just being discovered in 2005. Imagine if this tree had eyes ALL that it has seen.

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  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    insects killed it? its been alive for more than 1000 yrs and suddenly insects get to it...interesting.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    she may not have seen it all but she absorbed all that was around her. :)
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    catefrances wrote:
    she may not have seen it all but she absorbed all that was around her. :)

    Must have been what kept her so strong and being in seclusion. Females always outlasting and outliving most males. :)

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


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