Abies durangensis

Abies durangensis, the Durango fir, is a species of fir in the pine family, Pinaceae, and a conifer found only in Mexico. The Mexican botanist Maximino Martínez described it in 1942, and its name refers to the state of Durango, where the species was first collected. The typical variety grows in Durango, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa at about 2,000 to 2,900 metres, usually on well drained talus or lithosols in a cool, moist climate, and often grows beside Douglas fir, southwestern white pine and other conifers. A second variety, coahuilensis, grows in Coahuila and Nuevo León. The tree reaches up to 40 metres in height, with a straight trunk, a narrowly conical to rounded crown and bark that darkens and becomes deeply fissured with age. Its erect seed cones are pale yellow to medium brown and up to 10 centimetres long. The species is placed in the section Grandis of the genus Abies.