Abies nordmanniana
Abies nordmanniana
Kafkas göknarı
Tall tree, up to 35 m. Bark of young shoots greyish, later greyish-black, glabrous or hairy. Leaves linear, or linear-oblong, acute to truncate-emarginate. Cones cylindrical, resinous, the bracts exserted from the scales, turned up at their ends. Divisible into 3 subspecies:
1. Leaves somewhat acute; buds not resinous; young shoots glabrous subsp. equi-trojani
1. Leaves truncate or emarginate; buds resinous and/or shoots hairy
2. Shoots hairy; buds usually not resinous subsp. nordmanniana
2. Shoots glabrous; buds usually resinous subsp. bornmuelleriana
