Trees · question 6
Look at the buds and the cones, and smell a crushed needle.
- Pointed brown buds, citrus scent, hanging cones: Three-pointed bracts stick out between the cone scales (‘mouse tails’).
- Round buds, upright cones: The needle base is widened like a little sucker and leaves a round scar.
Still possible
- Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- European silver fir (Abies alba)
- Nordmann fir (Abies nordmanniana)