Baykusheva mura - The oldest coniferous tree in Bulgaria
Type: Parks and Gardens
Location: Town Bansko »
The Baykusheva mura is the oldest coniferous tree in Bulgaria. Its age is more than 1300 years. The tree is located in the national park Pirin, in the eastern foot of the Vihren summit, south-west of town of Bansko.
The Baykusheva mura is a rare and extremely precious specimen of the Pinum leucodermis variety of the white fir tree. This variety grows only in the mountains on the Balkans and in South Italy.
The gird of the Baykusheva mura tree is 7.8m, and its height is 22 m. The tree was named after the famous Bulgarian scientist Kostadin Baykushev, who discovered and described this specimen.
