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Ahuehuete = Taxodium mucronatum, species native to Mexico and Guatemala. Ahuehuete is derived from the Nahuatl name for the tree, āhuēhuētl, which means “upright drum in water” or “old man of the water.” // Taxodium mucronatum, species native to Mexico and Guatemala. Ahuehuete is derived from the Nahuatl name for the tree, āhuēhuētl, which means “upright drum in water” or “old man of the water.”
Celebrations
July 1 Día Nacional del Ahuehuete // National Ahuehuete Day
DiaNacionaldelAhuehuete – Facebook
Features
Rooted in Restoration: An Opportunity to Build Back Montezuma Cypress – TNC
Presenta la Semaedeso conferencia sobre el Ahuehuete, árbol Nacional de México (2020)
El ahuehuete, un árbol popular que se convirtió en símbolo nacional – Relatos e Historias en México
Elsewhere on the Web
How to pronounce ahuehuete
Outside Mesoamerica
Galveston: Montezuma bald cypress good choice for this area
Twitter Moment
From the planting of a beloved ahuehuete on Reforma to a festival of bicycles downtown, snapshots of how Mexico City celebrates World Environment Day in 2022 = Desde la siembra de un querido ahuehuete en Reforma hasta un festival de bicicletas en el centro, instantáneas de cómo la Ciudad de México celebra el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente en 2022
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Wikipedia
Taxodium mucronatum
Features
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