Louisiana Purchase Cypress Legacy

Estimated Ages of Bayou Barbary Trees Determined

Livingston Parish is yielding a bountiful yield of old growth cypress. 

Bayou Barbary has at least a dozen centuries old cypress scattered along its banks. Two representative examples are shown below, Upcoming blog entries will feature a magnificent very old cypress on King George Bayou which, like Barbary Bayou, is a tributary of the Amite River. We'll also be featuring a recently landmarked cypress on Abe Hoover Road in Livingston Parish

Bayou Barbary , Livingston Parish   N30°20.244 W090°40.605 (visible from Pete's landing)

Circumference : approx 16 ft, 1 inch    Diameter:  approx. 5 ft, 1 inch   Radius: approx. 30.5 inches

First  Boring (3/1/17) : 4.5 inches—Approx. 126 rings counted    4.5/30.5=126/ 854 projected rings

Second Boring:              4 inches—Approx. 115 rings counted     4/30.5=125/ 779 projected rings

                        PROJECTED AGE: 600+ years         LPCL Plaque #47  “Alive in 1803”

Bayou Barbary, Livingston Parish,  N30°20.184 W090°40.605

Circumference:  approx 15 ft.3inches,  Diameter: approx. 57 inches, Radius approx 28.5 inches

First Boring (3/1/17) 3 inches—approx,  80 rings counted    3/23.5=80/626 projected rings

Second Boring            4,75 inches- approx 98 rings counted   4.75/23.5=98/484 projected rings

PROJECTED AGE: 400+ YEARS