Pictures: 11 Sacred and Iconic Trees

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Tule Tree, Mexico

Photograph by Infinita Highway, Getty Images

Some call this Montezuma cypress the largest tree in the world, thanks to its bulky base. According to its UNESCO World Heritage site nomination, the so-called Árbol del Tule, or Tule Tree, measures 115 feet around and 98 feet high. (The Tule Tree has not yet made the official UNESCO list.)
Its stout trunk and evergreen branches are named after the Santa Maria del Tule church in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where the tree has grown for centuries. The possibly 2,000-year-old giant may have been planted by an Aztec priest.
The Montezuma, or Mexican, cypress is native to the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala.
(Read more about World Heritage sites.)

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