The oak is estimated to be 200 years old, though determining its age is difficult because of the tree’s form-the result of its unusual life story. It almost feels like it is welcoming or conversing with visitors.” “There are a lot of old oak trees at The Huntington, but this tree is especially appealing,” Tang said. The ancient Coast Live Oak in the Chinese Garden starred in a Huntington video earlier this year, with Tim Thibault, curator of woody plant materials, and Tang Qingnian, the 2019 Cheng Family Foundation Artist-in-Residence who was inspired to make a portrait of it. At The Huntington, there are three Montezuma Cypresses in the Rose Garden, and nine are located near the Lily Ponds.Ĭoast Live Oak ( Quercus agrifolia): This evergreen oak species occurs naturally along coastal areas, from Mendocino County, California, to Baja California, Mexico. What is truly remarkable is that all of these trees are the direct descendants of the trees that the Mexica planted in Chapultepec.” In the last decade, the Mexican government has made the Montezuma Cypress a conservation priority, and The Huntington’s Botanical staff is working to share this invaluable genetic resource in our collection with colleagues in Mexico. Today, there are 13 mature trees in our living collection.
Huntington, collected seeds from the trees in Chapultepec Park in 1912, possibly from El Sargento. Historical records show that William Hertrich, the first superintendent of the gardens working for Henry E. … El Sargento, one of the last great trees, died in 1969, but its 50-foot-tall trunk remains as a cultural and historical landmark. As the city grew around the park, the shallow lakes and marshes that were the habitat for these trees were filled in, and drought and pollution took their toll. “Today, Chapultepec Park in Mexico City remains the oldest urban park in the Western Hemisphere, with several of the older Montezuma Cypress trees still standing. “In the capital city of Tenochtitlan, the Mexica planted more than 500 cypress trees at the request of King Montezuma around 1450 CE as part of a royal garden,” Lahmeyer said. Its Nahuatl name is āhuēhuētl, meaning “upright drum in water” or “old man of the water,” because it commonly grows along waterways. Native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, it figured prominently in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture as well as in recent Mexican history. Montezuma Cypress ( Taxodium mucronatum) : During the 2023 Founders’ Day event, Sean Lahmeyer, The Huntington’s plant collections and conservation manager, shared the story of the Montezuma Cypress. I was skeptical about the success of moving this tree, but it turned out satisfactorily and is still growing.” Interestingly, this method for stanching the tree’s root relates to the origins of its name, which in Māori means “black tree,” and burnt kauri resin is used as a pigment in traditional tattooing. Huntington’s ranch superintendent William Hertrich, “presented a peculiar problem in transplanting: it had very few side roots but a long tap root seven inches in diameter.” Hertrich described the details of dislodging the tree: “We were obliged to cut this tap root five feet below the ground’s surface, and then we seared the cut with a plumber’s blowtorch to stop the bleeding. It was already 40 feet tall, and, according to Henry E.
In 1908, when construction of the Huntington mansion (which would later become the Art Gallery) began, the decision was made to move the tree to its present location in the Rose Garden. This tree was originally planted in 1890 next to the home of the Shorb family (the former owners of the Huntington property), which was situated where the Huntington Art Gallery now stands. 24, 2021, the kauri that governs the Rose Garden was measured at 112 feet tall with a 27.5-foot average crown spread and 235-inch trunk circumference-earning it a designation as a California Big Tree, The Huntington’s first such honor.
Queensland Kauri ( Agathis robusta): On Sept.
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