Louisiana Purchase Cypress Legacy

Oldest Known East Baton Rouge Parish Cypress Tree Identified

Mike, Rabalais, Natural Resource Coordinator for East Baton Rouge Parish
measures circumference of cypress at BREC's Airline Highway Park

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Here are the statistics:

Circumference: 16 feet   diameter: 5'1"  radius: 30 inches

Boring: 3.75"  Rings counted: approximately 126

3.75" boring length/ 30' radius = 125 rings/ x

X= 1008 projected rings

Projected age 800+ years

Very closely spaced rings from BREC cypress boring

GPS 30° 20'35.48"N  90° 59'49.30" W Located in BREC's Airline Highway Park, E Baton Rouge Parish

Although the site of this grand old cypress near Bayou Manchac is not currently open to the public, future plans for airline Highway Park, currently being developed in a master plan for the park, may include access to this  ancient landmark