Baykusheva Mura

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 Baykusheva mura is the oldest coniferous tree in Bulgaria, more than 1300 years of age. It is located in the national park Pirin, in the eastern foot of the Vihren summit, not far from the Bunderitza chalet. Its gird is 7.8m, and its height reaches 22 m. The tree was named after the famous Bulgarian sylviculturist Kostadin Baykushev, who discovered and described this specimen.