Taxodium mucronatum
Montezuma Cypress
- Hardiness
- USDA Zones 8–10
- Mature size
- Height 35–60 Feet · Spread 30–50 Feet
- Seasonality
- Deciduous
This variety is no actively in production in our propagation house and may not return to our catalogue. We maintain this page purely for reference and archival purposes. If you would like to grow this plant, tell us. Your interest helps guide what we bring back.
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Taxodium mucronatum has shorter leaves and larger cones than Taxodium disticum (which see). Could grow to be a very large tree if well sited as the famous tree "El Tule" in Oaxaca, Mexico is the largest tree in the world (trunk diameter). The native range of this tree is generally given as Mexico north to lower Rio Grande River in Texas. This species is evergreen or nearly so in warmer regions.