Kingdom Plantae Order Pinales Genus Abies Higher classification Fir | Division Pinophyta Family Pinaceae Scientific name Abies vejarii Rank Species | |
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Similar Fir, Abies durangensis, Abies ziyuanensis, Abies hickelii, Abies chengii | ||
Abies vejarii is a species of fir native to northeastern Mexico, in the states of Coahuila and Nuevo León, where it grows at high altitudes (2,000–3,300 m) in the Sierra Madre Oriental.
It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 35–40 m tall. The leaves are needle-like, moderately flattened, 1–2.5 cm long and 1.3–2 mm wide by 1 mm thick, grey-green with scattered stomata above, and with two greenish-white bands of stomata below. The tip of the leaf is acutely pointed. The cones are glaucous purple, maturing grey-brown, 6–15 cm long and 4–6 cm broad, with about 150–200 scales, each scale with a bract of which the apical 3–8 mm is exserted on the closed cone, and two winged seeds; they disintegrate when mature to release the seeds. Named after Octavio Véjar Vázquez, at the time, Mexican Minister for Public Education.