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Bald Cypress - Water Tupelo Brownwater Swamp – CEGL007431
A well drawn-down stand of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), with some water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) and a dense herb layer of lizard's-tail (Saururus cernuus).  By the Blackwater River at Smith's Bend, just north of the North Carolina line, Southampton County.  South Quay Sandhills State Natural Area Preserve.

 © DCR-DNH, Gary P. Fleming
Bald Cypress - Water Tupelo Brownwater Swamp – CEGL007431