Tree Of Tule #2
by Jim West
Title
Tree Of Tule #2
Artist
Jim West
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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The Tree of Tule. Visitors looking at El A rbol del Tule, or the Tree of Tule, a Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) with a trunk which has the largest circumference of any tree trunk in the world. It is located in the town of Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico. The tree is 35 metres high, approximately 1500 years old, and the circumference of the trunk is about 42 metres. It was considered sacred by indigenous people of the area.
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August 5th, 2016
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