I was driving to work this morning and heard on the radio that Virginia’s largest tree, named “Big Mama” has died and unexplained death.  I was just reading more about it on the Internet, having “googled” it, reading various stories.  It seems that it was a cypress tree.  I found that interesting because I didn’t even know that there were cypress trees in Virginia!  I don’t know why, I just always thought that those kinds of trees stayed south of the North Carolina border!  Anyway, the cause of death is unknown, which is a shame.  The articles were saying that a few months ago it was discovered oozing a red colored sap, but the article did not say that anyone collected it for a sample to analyze if it was a particular disease.  Anyway, I think it’s a shame that Big Mama has passed away.  She lived a very long life, maybe that’s just the average lifespan of a cypress tree.  What do you think?