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3. ―Most cypress stands today
are second growth, but
there still remain a few
giants among us. They
exist because they are
hollow and thus not
merchantable or because
they grow in an area so
remote as to make harvest
unfeasible. They tower one
hundred feet above the
earth and laid down their
first annular rings during
the classical period of the
Mayan culture…….
4. Bear Bayou, St. Mary Parish
…..They germinated and
grew into seedling as
Charlemagne was crowned
Holy Roman emperor.
They were sound and
mature when the sun
gleamed from the swords
of Hernando DeSoto’s
men as they marched
across northeast Louisiana
in a fruitless search for
gold……
5. …..It is possible that their
limbs were once laden
with the weight of a
thousand passenger
pigeons and that their
bark was probed by
ivory-billed
woodpeckers. Cougars
and bears may have
sought refuge in their
hollows. It is likely that
a few of these will still be
greeting each spring with
a fresh feathering of
needle-like leaves in
centuries to come‖
Kelby Ouchley
7. What’s the Louisiana Purchase
Cypress Legacy All About ?
• Landmarking
• Circumference measurement
• Coring to determine age
• Placing plaque ―Alive in 1803‖
(and for the Bicentennial Cypress Legacy in 2012—
―Alive in 1812‖)
• Promoting Stewardship
19. What’s the Louisiana Purchase
Cypress Legacy All About ?
• Finding the big trees
• Landmarking
• Circumference measurement
• Coring to determine age
• Placing plaque ―Alive in 1803‖
(and for the Bicentennial Cypress
Legacy in 2012—―Alive in 1812‖)
• Promoting Stewardship
22. What’s the Louisiana Purchase
Cypress Legacy All About ?
• Finding the big trees
• Landmarking
• Circumference measurement
• Coring to determine age
• Placing plaque ―Alive in 1803‖
(and for the Bicentennial Cypress
Legacy in 2012—―Alive in 1812‖)
• Promoting Stewardship
27. What’s the Louisiana Purchase
Cypress Legacy All About ?
• Finding the big trees
• Landmarking
• Circumference measurement
• Coring to determine age
• Placing plaque ―Alive in 1803‖
(and for the Bicentennial Cypress
Legacy in 2012—―Alive in 1812‖)
• Promoting Stewardship
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29. What’s the Louisiana Purchase
Cypress Legacy All About ?
• Finding the big trees
• Landmarking
• Circumference measurement
• Coring to determine age
• Placing plaque ―Alive in 1803‖
39. Tree dens may be an important component for female reproductive
success in areas subject to flooding (Hellgren and Vaughan 1989). Den
trees located in cypress swamps would appear to increase the security
(e.g., decrease the disturbance) of bears utilizing these dens compared to
ground dens.
Benson (2005) reported a relatively high reuse of tree dens on Tensas
[LA. Wildlife Refuge] with almost all denning attempts occurring in
mature bald cypress.
Trees large enough and sufficiently mature to contain usable
cavities are almost always found in places inaccessible to logging
(Marchinton 1995) or are left standing due to their low economic value.
DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE
CONSERVATION PLAN
AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT
TENSAS RIVER NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE
40. Habitat of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Ivory-billed Woodpeckers inhabit very large tracts of mature
cypressforest that are often associated with swamps or river
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of recent possible sighting of
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42. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Louisiana’s
statehood, we are initiating a complementary effort– the
Louisiana Bicentennial Cypress Legacy– to landmark
cypress that were alive in Louisiana in 1812
44. A Significant threat to cypress in Louisiana
Logging for Cypress Mulch·
Cypress mulch used to be made from the heartwood of old growth trees. There is some
evidence that this heartwood made durable mulch, but those old growth trees were
harvested long ago.Cypress mulch has a reputation of being insect resistant. The
truth is that there is no scientific evidence that backs up the claims of insect
resistance.
Myths About the Weed Resistance of Cypress
· Another myth claims that cypress mulch is more weed resistant than other
mulches, but the weed resistance of any mulch stems from the fact that it blocks
out sunlight so that weed seeds cannot germinate.
The Cypress Mulch Industry is Unsustainable
· The demand for cypress mulch outstrips the growth of this tree. As consumer
demand grows whole forests of cypress are being cut down.
Environmental Concerns of Cypress Mulch
· Cypress forests play a role in protecting coastal cities from hurricanes and
provide habitat for many species of wildlife.
46. ―Time, time as we dissect it
in days and hours and
minutes loses all meaning
in a setting such as this.
Here is a forest that was
young when life itself was
young. Here are trees that
have already stood for a
millennium or two – and
still their lives will outlast
yours a thousand years.‖
Philip Hyde and Francois
Leydet in the Sierra Club’s
―Last Redwoods,‖
(certainly applicable to
Louisiana’s majestic old
growth cypress as well)
47. ―Let us be reverent a little as
we stand here in the hush of
these leafy sanctuaries—be
reverent a little, if reverence in
this age is possible. These
great trees belong to the
silences and the millenniums.
Many of them have seen more
than a hundred of our human
generations rise, and give out
their little clamors and perish.
They chide our pettiness, they
rebuke our impiety. They
seem, indeed, to be forms of
immortality standing here
among the transitory shapes of
time.‖ Edwin Markham,
1914
