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|genus=Taxodium

|genus=Taxodium

|species=mucronatum

|species=mucronatum

|common_name=Mexican Swamp Cypress, Montezuma cypress

|common_name=Mexican Swamp Cypress, Montezuma cypress

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|exposure=sun

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|min_zone=8

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|image=Árbol-del-Tule-Oaxaca-Mexico.jpg

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'''''Taxodium mucronatum''''', also known as '''Montezuma Cypress''', '''Sabino''', or '''Ahuehuete''' is a species of ''[[Taxodium]]'' native to much of [[Mexico]] (south to the highlands of southern Mexico), and also the [[Rio Grande Valley]] in southernmost [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]<ref name="GymnoDat"/> as well as [[Huehuetenango Department]] in [[Guatemala]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/l2015e/l2015e05.htm |title=Guatemalan Conifers |first=Thomas T. |last=Veblen |journal=Unasylva |volume=29 |issue=118 |year=1977 |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization |accessdate=2009-10-14}}</ref> Ahuehuete is derived from the [[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]] name for the tree, '''''āhuēhuētl''''', which means "upright drum in water"<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-IDsW8YmaigC&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=Introduction to Classical Nahuatl |first=James Richard |last=Andrews |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |year=2003 |isbn=9780806134529 |page=328}}</ref> or "old man of the water."<ref name="GymnoDat"/>

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It occurs from {{convert|300|to|2500|m|ft|abbr=on}}, in Mexico mainly in highlands at {{convert|1600|m|ft|abbr=on}} and {{convert|2300|m|ft|abbr=on}} altitude. It is a large [[evergreen]] or semi-evergreen [[tree]] growing to {{convert|40|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall and with a trunk of {{convert|1|-|3|m|ft|abbr=on}} diameter (occasionally much more; see below). The [[leaf|leaves]] are spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie in two horizontal ranks, {{convert|1|-|2|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|1|-|2|mm|in|abbr=on}} broad. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are ovoid, {{convert|1.5|-|2.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|1|-|2|cm|in|abbr=on}} broad.

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Montezuma Cypress is primarily a [[Riparian zone|riparian]] tree, growing along upland riversides, but can also be found next to [[Spring (hydrosphere)|springs]] and [[marsh]]es. Unlike [[Taxodium distichum|Bald Cypress]] and [[Taxodium ascendens|Pond Cypress]], Montezuma Cypress rarely produces [[cypress knee]]s from the [[root]]s.<ref name="GymnoDat"/> Trees from the Mexican highlands achieve a notable stoutness.  They are very [[drought]]-tolerant and fast-growing and favor climates that are rainy throughout the year or at least with high summer rainfall.

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| color = IndianRed

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Taxodium mucronatum, Ten. (T. mexicanum, Carr. T. distichum var. mexicanum, Gord. T. distichum var. mucronatum, Henry). Montezuma Cypress. Similar to the preceding species: taller evergreen tree, occasionally 170 ft. high with a trunk 20 ft. or more in diam.: lvs. shorter, obtusish and mucronulate, falling with the branchlet the second year: staminate fls. and cones larger. Mex.

Taxodium mucronatum, Ten. (T. mexicanum, Carr. T. distichum var. mexicanum, Gord. T. distichum var. mucronatum, Henry). Montezuma Cypress. Similar to the preceding species: taller evergreen tree, occasionally 170 ft. high with a trunk 20 ft. or more in diam.: lvs. shorter, obtusish and mucronulate, falling with the branchlet the second year: staminate fls. and cones larger. Mex. G.F. 3:155. G.C. III. 12:647.—Sometimes planted in S. Calif.

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