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Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Naples, Italy

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a National Audubon Society sanctuary located in southwest Florida, north of Naples, Florida and east of Bonita Springs, in the United States. The sanctuary was established to protect one of the largest remaining stands of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and pond cypres

s (T. ascendens) in North America from extensive logging that was ongoing throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Part of the natural area is old-growth forest and recognized by the Old-Growth Forest Network.

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