PROFESSOR'S STORY CHRONICLES LIFE (AND DEATH) OF CYPRESS
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Sunday, April 23, 2000
Prior to the beginning of the 20th century, Southeast Missouri was a vast swamp covered by a dense forest of ancient cypress, oak and other hardwood trees. Most of those trees are gone now, cleared by farmers and lumber companies who prized the cypress in particular because the wood is resistant to water.
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