I had been to Florida ... cypress forest in North America.” On our walk, which took a little less than two hours, we stopped at several of the dozens of stations, each of which tells us about ...

Dwarf baldcypress, dwarf swamp cypress Latin name: Taxodium distichum ‘Peve Minaret’ Plant size: 6-10′ high by 3′ wide in 10 ...

In the 1800s, the Seminole Indians, who had been driven out of Florida, sought refuge deep in the cypress trees, as did the ... of being a national park. "A swamp is a swamp," scoffed respected ...

and finally into the largest old-growth bald cypress forest in North America; visitors can take a self-guided tour along the boardwalk to get a feel for what wild Florida was like before it was ...