Photo copyright Mac Stone
Websites
Heartbeats of Ancient Bald Cypress, Blog post by Marina Richie, May 15, 2024
Places We Protect: Black River Preserve (The Nature Conservancy website)
The Wisdom of Ancient Trees, blog post by Thomas Wentworth, PhD, on the website of Southern Conservation Partners
This Curious World: A Guide's Guide to Exploring Wild Rivers, Woods, and Words, Burt Kornegay Blog, August 2021
Road's End Naturalist, Mike Dunn Blog, April 10, 2013
The Wisdom of Ancient Trees, blog post by Thomas Wentworth, PhD, on the website of Southern Conservation Partners
This Curious World: A Guide's Guide to Exploring Wild Rivers, Woods, and Words, Burt Kornegay Blog, August 2021
Road's End Naturalist, Mike Dunn Blog, April 10, 2013
Articles & Books
The ancient forest along the lower Black River has gained widespread national and regional attention and publicity in a variety of publications, including the National Geographic Society's magazine and Smithsonian Magazine:
“Ghost Forests.” National Geographic Society magazine, September 2023.
"North Carolina Bald Cypresses Are Among the World’s Oldest Trees." Smithsonian Magazine, May 9, 2019.
"Visiting the Ancient Bald Cypress Trees on the Black River.” afield (The Nature Conservancy-NC's magazine), Fall 2011.
“Saving the Fifth Oldest Tree Species in the World.” afield (The Nature Conservancy-NC's magazine), Summer 2019.
Fredericks, Anthony. 2023. Chapter 5 in “In Search of the Old Ones: An Odyssey among Ancient Trees.” Smithsonian Books (York, PA).
Horan, Jack. “River of Time: The Stunning Old-Growth Forest in the Three Sisters Swamp.” Coastwatch, Autumn 2019.
Stahle, David, et al. 2019. “Longevity, climate sensitivity, and conservation status of wetland trees at Black River, North Carolina,” Environmental Research Communications 1(4): 1002.
Stahle, David. 2022. “Natural Monuments,” Science 378 (Issue 6616): 145.
"North Carolina Bald Cypresses Are Among the World’s Oldest Trees." Smithsonian Magazine, May 9, 2019.
"Visiting the Ancient Bald Cypress Trees on the Black River.” afield (The Nature Conservancy-NC's magazine), Fall 2011.
“Saving the Fifth Oldest Tree Species in the World.” afield (The Nature Conservancy-NC's magazine), Summer 2019.
Fredericks, Anthony. 2023. Chapter 5 in “In Search of the Old Ones: An Odyssey among Ancient Trees.” Smithsonian Books (York, PA).
Horan, Jack. “River of Time: The Stunning Old-Growth Forest in the Three Sisters Swamp.” Coastwatch, Autumn 2019.
Stahle, David, et al. 2019. “Longevity, climate sensitivity, and conservation status of wetland trees at Black River, North Carolina,” Environmental Research Communications 1(4): 1002.
Stahle, David. 2022. “Natural Monuments,” Science 378 (Issue 6616): 145.
It is the fourth century. The Roman Empire is in a long period of civil war and chaos. China’s Six Dynasties era continues. In Central America, Mayans hold ceremonies on temple pyramids as their civilization begins its Classic period. Native hunters wander across the land that would later bear the name North Carolina. Where the Black River winds through a coastal plain swamp, the seed of a bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) falls into muck and germinates. . .
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