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Congaree's old-growth bottomland
Richland County, South Carolina
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The largest tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood left in the country, saved by a campaign begun when logging resumed in 1969. Its floodplain grows some of the tallest trees in eastern North America, and it holds one of the highest forest canopies anywhere.
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That was 1 of the hidden places.
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