The Double-Cone Quarterly=A Window to the Wild Fall Equinox 1998 || Volume I, Number 2 Perfect Pattern of Silvan Perfection on the Symmetrical Plan, the Rare Santa Lucia Fir. Abies bracteata (D.

Scattered in the Santa Lucia Mountains of the Los Padres National Forest is the rarest and most unusual of all species of fir, the Santa Lucia fir (also known as the bristlecone fir). Found only in th