Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) is a large, semi-evergreen/deciduous native tree from Southern Texas to Central America, reaching 60-130 feet tall and 20–40 feet wide, with a broad, spreading crown, delicate weeping branchlets, and shreddy pale tan bark. The foliage, or needles, of the Montezuma Cypress are typically evergreen in the tree’s mild, southern native range, but the tree can become semi-evergreen, or deciduous in colder climates (like North/Central Texas) as it loses its needles in the fall and winter.

• Size: Can grow 60 to 80 feet tall, with some reaching up to 130 feet, and 20–40 feet wide.
• Appearance: It has a strong, upright trunk, a rounded crown, and graceful, weeping branches with soft, needle-like leaves. The bark is tan to brown and slightly shredded or peeling.
• Foliage: Delicate, feather-like needles that are green in the spring and summer, turning to reddish-orange, cinnamon, and golden-brown before falling in autumn.
• Flowers and fruit: It produces inconspicuous flowers and small, round, brown cones in summer or fall. 
• Habitat: It is primarily a riparian tree, found along rivers, streams, and marshes, but is adaptable to other conditions.
• Adaptability: It can grow in a wide range of conditions, from dry soil to wet, low-lying areas.
• Water: It needs regular watering when young, but mature trees are drought tolerant. It can also tolerate standing water for extended periods.