Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Tule tree, 3 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
I've run across a bunch of 'world's biggest tree' claims over the years.
Since I grew up in California, I was well aware of Sequoiadendron giganteum and sempervirens. And also that monstrously big ficus in Santa Barbara. My wife & I are travelling in Oaxaca, Mexico this week and came across this stud of a tree, the Tule Tree. Said to be 2000 years old. Taxodium mucronatum. Thought some of you might enjoy seeing a few shots of it. Couldn't get the whole tree, since it's surrounded by a courtyard (so they can collect an entrance fee, of course!). Here are piecemeal shots. And I have no idea what language that last sign is in - maybe Zapotec?

edited to correct spelling.

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