The Nature Conservancy purchased the wetland, which became the Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary, in 1957. It was the Conservancy's first preserve in Maryland and encompasses 100 acres (40 ha) (about 1% of the 10,060-acre (40.7 km2) watershed of Battle Creek). A portion of it is now open as a public park with a nature center and quarter-mile boardwalk through the swamp. Since 1977, the preserve has been leased to Calvert County and operated as a county park.
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Cypresses, such as the bald cypress, and their relatives once covered much of the northern temperate zone. It is thought that these trees disappeared from the BCCS area during the most recent Pleistoceneglaciation ("Ice Age"), but reappeared around 5,000 to 10,000 years ago as the climate warmed.
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BCCS National Natural Landmark webpage
January 01, 1970
battle, creek, cypress, swamp, bccs, forested, wetland, near, prince, frederick, calvert, county, maryland, united, states, northernmost, sites, naturally, occurring, bald, cypress, taxodium, distichum, trees, north, america, only, large, stand, trees, western. Battle Creek Cypress Swamp BCCS is a forested wetland near Prince Frederick in Calvert County Maryland United States It is one of the northernmost sites of naturally occurring bald cypress Taxodium distichum trees in North America and the only large stand of the trees on the western shore of Maryland In 1965 the National Park Service designated the BCCS a National Natural Landmark 1 Battle Creek Cypress SwampMap of MarylandLocationCalvert County MarylandNearest cityPrince FrederickCoordinates38 29 40 N 76 35 39 W 38 49444 N 76 59417 W 38 49444 76 59417Area100 acres 40 ha Established1957U S National Natural LandmarkDesignated1965 Contents 1 The BCCS Sanctuary 2 Natural history 3 References 4 External linksThe BCCS Sanctuary edit nbsp The Nature Center at BCCS The Nature Conservancy purchased the wetland which became the Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary in 1957 It was the Conservancy s first preserve in Maryland and encompasses 100 acres 40 ha about 1 of the 10 060 acre 40 7 km2 watershed of Battle Creek A portion of it is now open as a public park with a nature center and quarter mile boardwalk through the swamp Since 1977 the preserve has been leased to Calvert County and operated as a county park Natural history edit nbsp Trail through the swamp This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2008 Cypresses such as the bald cypress and their relatives once covered much of the northern temperate zone It is thought that these trees disappeared from the BCCS area during the most recent Pleistocene glaciation Ice Age but reappeared around 5 000 to 10 000 years ago as the climate warmed In addition to the cypress the sanctuary protects many songbirds prothonotary warbler waterthrush frogs green frog spring peeper and several wildflower species cardinal flower jack in the pulpit Skunk cabbages emerge early each spring References edit Battle Creek Cypress Swamp nps gov National Park Service External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Conservancy s Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary site Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Battle Creek Nature Education Society Maryland Dept of Natural Resources Battle Creek site BCCS National Natural Landmark webpage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Battle Creek Cypress Swamp amp oldid 1121359271, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
