Bald cypress trees, from Louisiana to Lancaster to Louisiana
By Jack Brubaker
Lancaster Online
Three bald cypress trees, each more than 120 years old, stand on an 18th century farm in Willow Street — many miles from where their seedlings originated in Louisiana in 1893. Now the Louisiana State forester would like to bring some seeds from those trees home to the Louisiana State Forest.
Len Eiserer triggered the Louisiana request by writing about the cypress trees on his website, “Tree Treasures of Lancaster County.” Eiserer regularly describes special Lancaster trees. Last month, he discussed the bald cypress specimens.