Abies sibirica

Siberian fir is in the pine or Pinaceae family and is native to China (Xinjiang Province), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia (Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk and Tuva regions, western Siberia, and Yakutiya Republic).

• Tree crown tapers to a gradual point with age, with short, slender branches. It can grow to a height of up to 35 m.
• Leaves are needle-like, flattened, 2–3 cm long and 1.5 mm wide, apex rounded or notched, light green above with two grey-white stomatal bands underneath, needles directed upwards along the stem; colour is shiny fresh green above, greenish-white below due to the stomatal lines below. They are attached to the twig by a base resembling a small suction cup.
• The species is monoecious. Male pollen cone is 1.4 cm long and 7 mm wide, ovoid, yellowish-green; female seed cone is 5–9 cm long by 2.0–3.0 cm wide, upright (unlike pendant spruce cones) cylindrical, rounded at the tip, resinous, bluish before maturation, maturing to gray-brown with age. Bracts of the seed cones are concealed. Cones disintegrate (fragment) in the late fall, releasing winged seeds.
• Buds are reddish-brown, small, globose and resinous; bark is gray-green to gray-brown and smooth with the resin blisters, becoming furrowed with age.