Eastern OLDLIST of maximum tree ages

Taxodium distichum - 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)

Age	How Dated	Location	Collector/ Dater/ Reference	Alive?	More Info
1622	crossdated	Bladen Co., North Carolina	Stahle, Cleaveland, Hehr 1988	Yes
1622	crossdated	Bladen Co., NC	U. of Ark TRL; Stahle, Cleaveland, Hehr 1988	Yes
1267	crossdated	Four Holes Swamp, SC	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
1078	crossdated	Black River, SC	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
1035	crossdated	Blackwater River, VA	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
1000	crossdated	Pascagoula River, MS	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
962	crossdated	Big Cypress State Park, LA	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
920	crossdated	Ebenezer Creek, GA	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
900	crossdated	Lassiter Swamp, NC	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
853	crossdated	Bayou DeView, AR	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
814	crossdated	Nottaway River, VA	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
740	crossdated	Peachtree Bottoms, TX	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
726	crossdated	Mayberry Slough, AR	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
714	crossdated	Ocmulgee River, GA	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
703	crossdated	Choctawhatchee River, FL	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
624	crossdated	Allred Lake, MO	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
620	crossdated	Moro Bayou, AR	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
618	crossdated	Black Swamp, AR	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
534	crossdated	Egypt, AR	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
529	crossdated	Moody Tract, GA	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
519	crossdated	Cache River, IL	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
474	crossdated	Pearl River, MS	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
456	crossdated	Bayou Meto, AR	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
454	crossdated	Little Maumelle River, AR	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
454	crossdated	Devil's Gut, NC	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
421	crossdated	St. Francis Sunklands, AR	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
373	crossdated	Dragon Run, VA	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
323	crossdated	Chickahominy River, VA	U. of Ark TRL	Yes
314	crossdated	Reelfoot Lake, TN	U. of Ark TRL	Yes

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