oldest Four Holes Swamp baldcypress
class reading under a 1000 year old baldcypress

Oldest Taxodium disticum in Four Holes Swamp, which happens to be the oldest documented tree in South Carolina.

Pictured above is Erin Reno, education steward at Four Holes Swamp, and the 2007 Forest Ecology Class of Eastern Kentucky University.

(photo ©2007 Neil Pederson)

Lurking just behind the boardwalk seats is another 1000+ year old Taxodium disticum in Four Holes Swamp.

(photo ©2007 Neil Pederson)

An incredible collection of this species has been made by Dr. Dave Stahle and the Tree-Ring Lab at the University of Arkansas. Please check out their web page from which this data is drawn, here. Many, many thanks to Dr. Stahle et al. for making their data available.

Species Age
Type
ID Location Collector(s), Dater(s), Reference(s)
1000+ years
Taxodium distichum 1622 XD BWR 83-92 Bladen Co., NC U. of Ark TRL; Stahle, Cleaveland, Hehr 1988
Taxodium distichum 1267 XD FHS 93-91 Four Holes Swamp, SC U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 1078 XD BLK 95-52 Black River, SC U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 1035 XD BWR 83-96 Blackwater River, VA U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 1000 XD PAS 83-184 Pascagoula River, MS U. of Ark TRL
500-999 years
Taxodium distichum 962 XD BIG 83-155 Big Cypress State Park, LA U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 920 XD EBE 83-90 Ebenezer Creek, GA U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 900 XD LAS 83-94 Lassiter Swamp, NC U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 853 XD DEV 83-153 Bayou DeView, AR U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 814 XD NOT 83-95 Nottaway River, VA U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 740 XD PTB 95-54 Peachtree Bottoms, TX U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 726 XD MAY 83-171 Mayberry Slough, AR U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 714 XD OCM 83-87 Ocmulgee River, GA U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 703 XD CHK 83-158 Choctawhatchee River, FL U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 624 XD ALL 83-80 Allred Lake, MO U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 620 XD MOR 83-154 Moro Bayou, AR U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 618 XD BSW 81-763 Black Swamp, AR U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 534 XD EPL 81-764 Egypt, AR U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 529 XD MOO 83-192 Moody Tract, GA U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 519 XD CHE 83-81 Cache River, IL U. of Ark TRL
<500 years
Taxodium distichum 474 XD PER 83-82 Pearl River, MS U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 456 XD BME 81-762 Bayou Meto, AR U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 454 XD MAU 83-151 Little Maumelle River, AR U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 454 XD GUT 95-51 Devil's Gut, NC U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 421 XD SFS 83-169 St. Francis Sunklands, AR U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 373 XD DRA 83-98 Dragon Run, VA U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 323 XD CHI 83-97 Chickahominy River, VA U. of Ark TRL
Taxodium distichum 314 XD REE 83-162 Reelfoot Lake, TN U. of Ark TRL
           
 

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