Tule Tree, Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico. WORLD's LARGEST TREE
El Árbol del Tule is a tree located in the church grounds in the town of Santa María del Tule in the state of Oaxaca. It is a Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), or Ahuehuete (meaning "old man of the water" in Nahuatl). It has the stoutest trunk of any tree in the world. In 2001 it was placed on a UNESCO tentative list of World Heritage Sites. Circumference of m (119 ft), equating to a diameter of m ( ft)
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