DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Taxodium mucronatum | Montezuma Baldcypress 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
In the United States, Montezuma baldcypress is known only from the Rio
Grande Valley in Cameron and Hidalgo counties of extreme southern Texas.
It is common and widespread in Mexico [10,12].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES32  Texas savanna


STATES : 
     TX  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
NO-ENTRY


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


SAF COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Montezuma baldcypress occurs in the riparian zone of a desert shrub
community along the Rio Grande.  The riparian zone includes black willow
(Salix nigra), Texas ebony (Pithecellobium flexicaule), and mesquite
(Prosopis glandulosa).  The upland area includes sotol (Dasylirion
texanum), catclaw mimosa (Mimosa biuncifera), and blackbrush acacia
(Acacia rigidula) [20].

Related categories for Species: Taxodium mucronatum | Montezuma Baldcypress