Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / New leaf shoots of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, May.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / New leaf shootsof Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, May.

Felis Images / East Himalayan fir (Abies spectabilis) cones on tree, Bhutan.

Felis Images / Cones of East Himalayan fir (Abies spectabilis) Sikkim, India.

Ashley Cooper / Fire danger sign next to forest that has been burnt, Tule river area of the Sequoia National Forest, east of Porterville, California, USA. At this time California was suffering an exceptional drought,...

Fabrice Cahez / Track through fir forest in autumn, Vosges mountain, France, October.

Philippe Clement / Blue Cloak Colorado white-fir (Abies concolor), native to western North America, April