Cypress: The Last Old-Growth Swamps

Awe-inspiring photographs of the ancient wetlands of the American South by National Geographic Explorer Mac Stone, highlighting spectacular webs of life below ancient cypress canopies Cypress: The Last Old-Growth Swamps is an immersive photographic exploration of the few remaining ancient cypress forests of the American South, places where time slows, water holds memory, and ecosystems older than most civilizations still hum with life.This book invites readers on a visual journey deep into the oldest and most pristine forests on the planet. Cypress contains stunning imagery from remote locations within the Black River in North Carolina, Francis Beidler Forest and Congaree Swamp in South Carolina, and Corkscrew Swamp in Florida, places many may never see firsthand.Captivating images reveal intimate and often hidden moments: ghost orchids blooming high in cypress trees, prothonotary warblers threading through cypress knees, and endangered panthers searching the sloughs and uplands for pr