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Abies hidalgensis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Class
  
Pinopsida

Family
  
Pinaceae

Division
  
Pinophyta

Order
  
Pinales

Genus
  
Abies

Abies hidalgensis is a species of conifer in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from the state of Hidalgo.

This tree was described to science in 1995. It grows in cloud forest habitat with trees and shrubs such as Buddleja cordata, Cupressus lusitanica, and Pinus patula.

This tree has usually a single trunk with branches that ascend and then descend. The crown is columnar to conical in shape with gray-green foliage. The bark is smooth and light gray on young trees, splitting into plates and revealing "blood-red" inner bark on older specimens. The cones are up to 8 by 4 centimeters in size.

References

Abies hidalgensis Wikipedia