Cupressaceae
Montezuma bald cypress
Taxodium mucronatum
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Taxodium
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- تاكسوديوم موكروناتوم
- arz
- تاكسوديوم ميكروناتوم
- Chinese
- 墨西哥落羽杉, 墨西哥落羽松, 尖叶落羽杉
- Czech
- Tisovec Montezumův
- English
- Montezuma bald cypress, Montezuma cypress
- Esperanto
- Ahuehuete-arbo
- Estonian
- Mehhiko sooküpress
- Finnish
- Meksikonsuosypressi
- French
- Ahuehuete, Cyprès de marais mexicain, Cyprès de Montézuma
- German
- Mexikanische Sumpfzypresse, Ahuehuete, Ahuehuete-baum, Arbol de tule, Montezuma-Zypresse
- Japanese
- メキシコラクウショウ
- lah
- آہوہیوتے
- Lithuanian
- Gvatemalinis taksodis
- Macedonian
- Мексикански барски чемпрес
- nah
- Āhuēhuētl, Ahuehuetl
- Persian
- سرو طبلی
- Polish
- Cypryśnik meksykański, Drzewo Montezumy
- Quechua
- Awiwiti
- Russian
- Таксодиум мексиканский
- Spanish
- Ahue-huete, Ahuehuete, Cipres Moctezuma, Ciprés Moctezuma
Synonyms
- Cuprespinnata mexicana (Carrière) J.Nelson
- Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum (Carrière) Gordon
- Taxodium distichum var. mucronatum (Ten.) A.Henry
- Taxodium huegelii C.Lawson
- Taxodium mexicanum Carrière
- Taxodium montezumae Decne.
- Taxodium pinnatum Carrière
- Taxodium virens Beissn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: 0+000, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.