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Cupressaceae
Montezuma Cypress Flower
Taxodium mucronatum
Longevity and endurance.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Taxodium
- Native to
- Mexico, Guatemala
- Bloom season
- Winter, Spring
- Type
- tree
- Height
- 40-100 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- moist, well-drained
- Water
- high
- Hardiness
- 8-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The most famous Montezuma cypress, El Arbol del Tule in Oaxaca, Mexico, has the thickest trunk of any tree in the world at over 38 feet in diameter.
- It is the national tree of Mexico and was sacred to the Aztec civilization.
- Some specimens are estimated to be over 1,500 years old.
- Unlike most cypresses, Montezuma cypress is semi-evergreen rather than fully deciduous in warmer climates.
- Montezuma reportedly planted a grove of these trees at Chapultepec that still partially survives today.
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eternal life
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strength
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resilience