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Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) on Congaree National Park Low Boardwalk trail, Congaree National Park

National park · South Carolina

Congaree National Park

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Congaree National Park is a 26,692.6-acre national park of the United States in central South Carolina, 18 miles southeast of the state capital, Columbia. The park preserves the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States. The lush trees growing in its floodplain forest are some of the tallest in the eastern United States, forming one of the highest temperate deciduous forest canopies remaining in the world. The Congaree River flows through the park. About 15,000 acres are designated as a wilderness area.

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Type
National park
State
South Carolina
Managed by
National Park Service

Photos

  • Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) on Congaree National Park Low Boardwalk trail, Congaree National Park

    Miguel.v · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Kayakers on Cedar Creek, Congaree National Park

    Jtmartin57 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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