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]

Montezuma cypress, sabino, ahuehuete Leaf Type: Evergreen Texas Native: Firewise: Tree Description: A fast-growing, large tree to 70 feet tall and a thick trunk up to 6 feet in diameter or more, with an irregular, rounded or flat-topped crown and drooping branchlets.

Montezuma cypress is a Southwestern native that really does well here. I like it because it holds its foliage longer into winter than other types of cypress. I like that fine textured leaf foliage that’s a completely different look than our other trees.

Taxodium mucronatum (Montezuma Cypress) is a graceful coniferous tree with strongly weeping branches. Pyramidal when young with a dense crown, it eventually develops into a broad-topped, spreading, open tree when mature.

Considerably larger and faster-growing than bald cypress. Though it prefers marshes or riparian sites in the wild, it can adapt to dry upland locations, streets, and parks, and endures drought better than its cousin. It produces no cypress “knees.”

Montezuma bald cypress has a broad, spreading crown with strong, horizontal branches and delicate, weeping branchlets. The leaves are 0.24 to 0.48 inch (6-12 mm) long. The staminate strobili are borne in long, slender spikes.

Sep 5, 2016 · The Montezuma cypress is a deciduous, coniferous tree found from Central America to the Southern parts of North America where it generally grows next to water bodies. Known to develop huge trunks, the Montezuma cypress is a fairly hardy plant not affected by common diseases.

Montezuma Cypress is an evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.

The Mexican Swamp Cypress is a good street tree that tolerates wet sites. In natural settings, it is often found in swamps, streams, and river banks at sea level. It has broadly spreading branches, slightly bowed, with long, arching shoots. It prefers sun to partial shade and can grow in a range of soil types including damp soil.

The closely related Montezuma, or Mexican, cypress (T. mucronatum) is native to the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala. It is generally considered to be a separate species and is distinguished from the bald cypress by its shorter, persistent leaves and larger cones. It rarely produces knees.