The bald cypress lining this river are not incidental to it — they are what holds it together. The trees root directly in the streambed, tolerate months underwater, and their trunks and knees slow floodwater and trap gravel, which is why the Guadalupe keeps clear runs and deep green pools instead of scouring to bare rock. Some of the largest are estimated at well over 500 years old, and they survive because cypress was hard to reach with a wagon in a steep valley.
Getting there
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