Southern United States deepwater swamp forests are a type of freshwater wetland often found along the floodplains of large rivers. This particular gallery depicts a location just off the Natchez Trace and along the Pearl River in Mississippi.
These swamps are filled with water most of the year and host many forms of plants and animals. The primary tree species in southern swamp forests are bald cypress and tupelo gum, two trees well adapted to the flooded conditions of their environment. You will also see duckweed, a small plant that floats on the surface of standing water in many swamps.
These gum and bald cypress swamps extend from eastern Texas into Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, western Tennessee, southeastern Missouri and as far north as southern Illinois. They are found throughout the Southern Coastal Plain in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina. They extend as far north as southern New Jersey along the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
These swamps are filled with water most of the year and host many forms of plants and animals. The primary tree species in southern swamp forests are bald cypress and tupelo gum, two trees well adapted to the flooded conditions of their environment. You will also see duckweed, a small plant that floats on the surface of standing water in many swamps.
These gum and bald cypress swamps extend from eastern Texas into Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, western Tennessee, southeastern Missouri and as far north as southern Illinois. They are found throughout the Southern Coastal Plain in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina. They extend as far north as southern New Jersey along the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
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 Cypress-gum Swamp |  Cypress Knees in Swamp |  Cypress in Fall Color |  Cypress Knees |
 Loblolly Pine and Hickory |  Tupelo Gum Butt |  Cypress Log |  Duckweed in Swamp |
 Narrowleaf Sunflower |  Swamp Sunflower in Tanic Water |
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