Abies squamata


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Read about Abies squamata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Abies squamata, Mast. (After No. 11.) Tall tree, to 120 ft.; bark purplish brown, exfoliating in thin flakes like the river birch: young branches brown, glabrous: winter buds obtuse, very resinous: lvs. very crowded, ascending, mucronate or obtuse, often falcate, glaucous below while young, becoming nearly green, 1/2 - 1 in. long: cones oblong-ovoid, obtuse, violet, 2-3 in. long; bracts slightly exserted. W. China. G.C. III. 39:299. —Very remarkable for its bright purplish brown bark, scaling off in thin flakes. It has violet-purple resinous cones, and short relatively broad leaves.


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