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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 40 to 80 feet or more
Plant Spread: 20 to 40 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Needled
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Fall
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Shade Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Ahuehuete
  • Montezuma Bald Cypress
  • Montezuma Cypress
  • Sabino
  • Ahuehuetl
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Taxodium mucronatum
  • Synonym: Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum

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