Interesting facts about the montezuma cypress tree, with bibliography and quoted text.

Montezuma Cypress: A Fascinating Specimen The Montezuma Bald Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) is a large, dioecious, semi-deciduous tree that typically reaches heights of 60 to 100 feet, and the trunk has been recorded to diameters of 50 feet or more. The top of the tree, called the pyramidal crown, has a diameter of 25 to 35 feet. The branches tend to droop as the tree matures, which causes the tree to appear wilted despite the greenness of its needles. T. mucronatum …

… of Santa Maria del Tule. Mexico: Imprenta Mundial; 1934. Scarr, S.C. 2000 May 23. Catalogue of coniferaes on the University of Exeter Estate - the family taxodiceae. Catalogue of coniferaes on the University of Exeter Estate. < HYPERLINK "http://www.ex.ac.uk/tours/conifers/Taxodiceae.html" http://www.ex.ac.uk/tours/conifers/Taxodiceae.html >. Accessed 2003 Sep 23. Vines, Robert A. Trees, shrubs and woody vines of the southwest. Austin: U of Texas Press; 1960. p 12.