Reply #15: The Old Growth Cypress

[BeFree]

was great for building. Of course, that lumber came from trees that were centuries old. Now the average age of cypress trees is now somewhere around 50 years. There are hardly any cypress trees over 20" diameter. Some of the old - virgin cypress were 7 or 8 feet around.

Cypress grows in wet areas; places that people want to fill. They go in and mow down all the small trees and mulch them and fill in the hole that remains.

Bosshog is correct: Don't buy cypress mulch.