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Taxodium mucronatum, commonly known as Montezuma bald cypress, [4] Montezuma cypress, [5] or ahuehuete, [5] is a species of Taxodium that is primarily native to Mexico and Guatemala, with a few populations in the southwestern United States. [6]
It is a Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), or ahuehuete (meaning "old man of the water" in Nahuatl). It has the stoutest tree trunk in the world. In 2001, it was placed on a UNESCO tentative list of World Heritage Sites, but was removed from the list in 2013. [1]
Taxodium / t æ k ˈ s oʊ d i ə m / [1] is a genus of one to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. The name is derived from the Latin word taxus , meaning " yew ", and the Greek word εἶδος ( eidos ), meaning "similar to."
Taxodium: Taxodium ascendens, commonly known as pond cypress [5] and native to North America. Taxodium distichum, commonly known as bald cypress and native to the southeastern United States. [6] Taxodium mucronatum, commonly known as Montezuma cypress or Montezuma bald cypress. [7] It is native to Mexico, Guatemala, and southern-central United ...
Taxodium: bald or swamp cypresses (Taxodium distichum var. nutans) pond cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Taxodium distichum: bald cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Taxodium mucronatum: Montezuma cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Thuja: arborvitae; Thuja occidentalis: eastern arborvitae Cupressaceae (cypress family) Thuja plicata ...
The Árbol del Tule in Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico (Taxodium mucronatum) has a girth of 119.8 feet (36.5 m) and a height of 116.1 feet (35.4 m), with a 144-foot (43.9 m) wide crown as measured by Dr. Robert Van Pelt in 2005. The Tule tree therefore has a diameter of 38.1 feet (11.61 m) as extrapolated from the tape wrap values.
Taxodium ascendens Brongn. Taxodium distichum Rich. Taxodium mucronatum Ten. Glyptostrobus Endl. Glyptostrobus pensilis (Staunton ex D.Don) K.Koch; Cryptomeria D.Don:
Taxodium: bald or swamp cypresses; Taxodium ascendens: pondcypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Yes IUCN (LC) 222 Taxodium distichum: baldcypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IUCN (LC) 221 Taxodium mucronatum: Montezuma cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Yes IUCN (LC) Maidenhair trees; Ginkgoaceae: maidenhair family