2011-04-16 Lower Austria, district Wien-Umgebung (mixed forest; 425 msm Quadrant 7862/1).This twig shows the rest of a female cone (with seeds having dropped off), and the markers of male flowers; the twig obviously is a dead one which had been picked by storms.German name: Weiss-TanneSee also comments here.
2011-12-25 Upper Austria, district Rohrbach - Ameisberg region (740 msm Quadrant 7448/2).Dense young growth, for once with fir tree dominating while spruce is only a minority here.
2011-12-25 Upper Austria, district Rohrbach - Ameisberg region (740 msm Quadrant 7448/2).Typical bark structure and colour of the fir tree; with needles = leaves on a hanging twig.