Coniferosaurous

The Bald Cypress or Taxodium distichum is a conifer prevalent in the swamps, floodplains, and river banks of the South-East US. It prefers really wet soil and is often found growing in water. A member of the Cupressaceae family, the Bald Cypress is related to the giant Redwoods and Sequoias of the Western US, thus explaining its proclivity to grow to monumental size.

Most large specimens have been logged due to the Cypress' wood being considered very favorable for construction. 

The Senator, found at the aptly named Big Tree Park in Longwood, FL is a mammoth. 

It was growing dark and the park was closing. I feared I would not have enough light to get a good picture.

But I had to see the tree. When you walk into the clearing, you feel like Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, walking under the legs of the Brachiosaur.