
Illinois state champion bald cypress tree - well over 1000 years old. mapsus.net facebook.com
Other large swampy areas in southern IL are Mermet lake, Cache river wetlands, Horseshoe lake, and Larue swamp. The northernmost cypress and tupelo swamps. These areas were once on the Gulf of Mexico.

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Since this is the Our Animal Friends thread, I assure there are loads of snakes in there. In fact, the lowest pic has a cottonmouth thread through the swampy water. |