Montezuma Cypress

Taxodium mucronatumThe Montezuma Baldcypress is a beautiful, large aquatic tree known for its long, needle-like leaves, straight trunk, and lovely broad crown adorned with spreading branches and gently drooping twigs. Typically evergreen, it might find cold climates a bit challenging. This tree shares a close relationship with the Baldcypress found in the southeastern United States, T. distichum, which also thrives in Mexico. You'll notice its unique trunk, which flares out at the base with charming ridges above, sometimes showcasing tiny "knees" that peek out from its submerged roots. In Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, you can find some magnificent veterans of this species, possibly among the oldest cultivated trees in the New World, with some stretching over 600 years old and reaching an impressive height of 165 feet (50 m). The renowned Big Tree of Tule, located near Oaxaca, Mexico, is a remarkable spectacle formed by the fusion of three trees, boasting a trunk circumference of 112 f