The widest tree in the world

I took a lot of photos and the rest are on Flickr. If you’re interested I can share the link to all the trip photos (I’ll organize them a bit once home and add photos from my camera). This magnificent tree is a kind of cypress more that 2000 years old in Santa Maria del Tule. An ahuahuete (Taxodium mucronatum), Nahauatl for “wise one in water,” a sacred tree. We actually have cypress in North Carolina that are more than 2000 years old, too, but they are much skinnier and many have had their tops blown out in hurricanes. Tule is the word for cattails that used to be abundant there. The nearby garden and what we cold see of the town were very well tended.

It has a circumstance of 137.8’ (42 m) and a diameter of 46.1’ (14 m).

That’s Dave and Anita to the left of the tree in the background. Dave suggested this perspective to give a better sense of how enormous the tree is.

Again, the vertical panorama distorts a bit, but I hope gives a sense of how beautiful the church is. I loved the fresh flowers above the door. In the past, the streamers would have been paper and much more ephemeral.

Exercise class nearby. They invited us to join, but we only had a few moments to visit the tree.

2 thoughts on “The widest tree in the world”

Julien McCarthy February 3, 202611:51 am Reply

HOW BIG?

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1. greenbee February 3, 20266:04 pm Reply
  
  I will look at the cement sign and see if it says. Also Pavel may have said. I’ll check and update the post if can find. Hugs, n
  
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