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BENAVIDES MEZA, Héctor Mario. Historical-dendrological analysis of the tree cover of Bosque de Chapultepec (1 ^st section): 2 ^nd part. Rev. mex. de cienc. forestales [online]. 2025, vol.16, n.87, pp.176-198.  Epub 26-Mayo-2025. ISSN 2007-1132.  https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v16i87.1501.

This paper is a continuation of the essay on Bosque de Chapultepec, the first part of which was published in 2023, and, in this second one, continues with the analysis of the changes and events that took place in the tree cover of the Forest (the most important urban green area in Mexico), from the Second Mexican Empire to the beginning of the 20th century. This part highlights the project to improve and renovate the Forest, carried out within the context of the centennial celebrations of Mexico's Independence, which changed its physiognomy and whose constructions, fountains, infrastructure, and even remnant trees remain to this day. The modernization of the Forest and the means of transportation (electric streetcars) facilitated and induced the visit of the inhabitants of Mexico City in a more numerous way. It is also analized the environmental impact at the upper part of the basin on Bosque de Chapultepec, which caused the depletion of the forest springs and the lowering of the water table, with the consequent decline and death of many trees of the Taxodium mucronatum species (ahuehuete or Montezuma cypress) -a situation that induced a change in the tree species used. Finally, it comments on the lack of technical direction in the Bosque de Chapultepec until the improvement project was carried out, when a Superior Board was constituted to be in charge of the technical work.

Palabras llave : Urban green areas; Mexico City; urban tree species; History of arboriculture in Mexico; Miguel Ángel de Quevedo; Taxodium mucronatum Ten.

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