  taxodium mucronatum, also known as montezuma cypress, sabino, or ahuehuete is a species of taxodium native to much of mexico (south to the highlands of southern mexico), and also the rio grande valley in southernmost texas, usa as well as huehuetenango department in guatemala. ahuehuete is derived from the nahuatl name for the tree, ÄhuÄhuÄtl, which means "upright drum in water" or "old man of the water." ==description== it is a large evergreen or semi-evergreen tree growing to  tall and with a trunk of  diameter (occasionally much more; see below). the leaves are spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie in two horizontal ranks,  long and  broad. the cones are ovoid,  long and  broad. unlike bald cypress and pond cypress, montezuma cypress rarely produces cypress knees from the roots. trees from the mexican highlands achieve a notabl
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