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This cone is protected by about 2 feet of snow - located around 4100ft above sea level on Mount Mansfield. I shot from underneath to get a clear view of it - one of my Flickr friends loves cones : ). Cheers, Paul
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A young Sub-Alpine Fir(Abies lasiocarpa). If Englemann Spruce is the Queen of the sub-alpine forests of the Rockies, than Sub-Alpine Fir is the Princess. Smaller than Spruce, they more than make up for that with there wonderfully fragrant foliage, the strongest smelling conifer I know of. Notice the upright purple cones, characteristic of all true Firs(Abies)
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From Tataga to Mt. Jade, TaiwanTsuga chinensis (Hayata) Li & Keng 1954 var. formosana Pinaceae
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El Salitre, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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2013-01-12 Vienna, district III., Arsenal (near Schweizergarten), cultivars - Excursion Fischer (198 msm Quadrant 7864/1).German name: Spanische Tanne (Pinsapo-Tanne)This fir native to Spain is rare in its homeland, and (rather seldom) cultivated for its exotic appearance (short needles for a fir tree, and looking quite different from 'ordinary' firs; also nice flowers and cones).
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Pian del Cansiglio - Tambre (BL)
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A young Abies concolor growing at about its lowest known elevation in northern Utah.The Flora of North America shows a lower limit of 1700 meters for this species. And it is most commonly known from midmontane to montane elevations. The Utah Flora series states a lower elevation range of 1525 m (5,000 ft.) for this species in Utah although that lower limit is also too high (and speaking of high, in Utah it is known from elevations as high as 3050 m, i.e. 10,000 ft.), There are records of this species occurring at much lower elevations in other states, principally in Oregon (in the 400 to 800 meter range).Growing here with Cercocarpus ledifolius (at far left), Quercus gambelii, and Artemisia tridentata (subsp. wyomingensis suspected). The gravels and large rocks are mostly associated with the granite-like Little Cottonwood igneous intrusive stock.Popular as Christmas trees, White fir should be more popularly used for landscaping at appropriate elevations which would include upper foothill locations as this natural space demonstrates.March 21, 2008, Sandy, Utah, elev. 5015 ft. (1530 m).
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Location Mount Aenos or Ainos, Kefalonia, Greece, approx altitude of 1100m, July 2010
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Den Jyske Skovhave, Rold Skov
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Abies spectabilisAbies spectabilis, Namche Bazaar, Nepal.Source:
Flickr. Cropped from original.
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Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain County, North Carolina, US
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Nigde, Turkey
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Abies religiosa (Kunth) Schltdl. & Cham. Familia: Pinaceae. Detalle de rama con dos megaestrbilos (conos femeninos que darn origen a las semillas). De San Antonio Tenextepec, municipio de Perote, Veracruz. Fotografa de Roberto Castro-Corts/CITRO, bajo licencia: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA. Del proyecto Conociendo las plantas de mi localidad, rescatando especies en peligro:
reservaeleden.org/plantasloc/
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[]Abies kawakamii (Hayata) Ito 1909 [Endemic in Taiwan] Pinaceae
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El Salitre, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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2010-11-14 Lower Austria, district Sankt Plten Land, bordering on district Baden (beech-fir-forest, 760 m AMSL).Due to game bite, fir trees are at a huge disadvantage in many Austrian forests where game population is higher than could be sustained by natural resources (it is kept high on purpose by foresters and hunters) - because even though deer also likes buds of beeches they love fir.For this reason young firs often have to struggle to grow to sizeable heights, and after them beeches are the ones which are second-worst off, while spruce is avoided by deer so long as more delicate buds are available.I've counted 6 years on this one at least, possibly even 7 years: so this tree is 6-7 years old - 8 years rather (see note by Sciadopitys) - , and could easily be half a metre tall, or taller depending on weather/climate and soil, while as it is it measures only about 10 centimetres. What more, this tree of course never will grow to have an 'ordinary' fir stem but always will remain a cripple, however tall it ever will grow - but see remark by Sciadopitys: it might still grow to normal size and shape. German name: Weiss-Tanne (Abies alba)Other species shown in the photo: some (green) leaves of Cyclamen purpurascens, and then the shed leaves of Fagus sylvatica which is the dominant tree species thereabouts.
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2013-01-12 Vienna, district III., Schweizergarten, cultivars - Excursion Fischer (198 msm Quadrant 7864/1).German name: Kolorado-Tanne (Colorado-Tanne)Native of Western Northern America, cultivated in parks, but also (not so often) in forests.
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Pallanza, Piedmont, Italy
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Den Jyske Skovhave, Rold Skov
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Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain County, North Carolina, US
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Nigde, Turkey
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Cloquet, Minnesota, United States