Guatemala fir

An evergreen, coniferous tree, and the most southerly occuring fir species. Young branches are reddish-brown in their first year, maturing to grey. Dark green, glossy needles up to 5cm long and 2mm wide are spread in two ranks on both sides of shoots. Vegetative buds are ovoid and resinous. Seed cones are purple-blue when young, maturing to very dark brown-purple.