Fir Tsar, Silver fir tree in Bovan, Perušić, Croatia

Jela car is a silver fir (Abies alba) in the Bovan mountain area near Bakovac Kosinjski, in the Perušić municipality. It stands 42.5 m tall with a trunk circumference of 5.42 m, while the firs around it are of ordinary height and width, so it rises above them like a ruler among subjects.

The silver fir known as Jela car grows in the Bovan mountain area near Bakovac Kosinjski, in the municipality of Perušić. It is the largest fir in Europe, 42.5 m tall with a trunk circumference of 5.42 m. Nearby stands the Pisani kamen, a 1st-century epigraphic monument considered one of the earliest written records of an international arbitration.

The name 'car' means emperor in Croatian, given because the fir dwarfs the normal-height firs growing around it. Local people in Bakovac Kosinjski use the name to single out this one specimen in the Bovan mountain area.

The fir stands in the Bovan mountain area near Bakovac Kosinjski, in the Perušić municipality, reached by forest tracks from the village. The Pisani kamen monument, a 1st-century inscription, lies nearby and can be visited on the same walk. Paths are unmarked in places, so local guidance helps.

All firs growing around it are of ordinary height and width, so the 42.5 m specimen stands out like a ruler among subjects. Nearby lies the Pisani kamen, a 1st-century epigraphic monument considered one of the earliest written records of international arbitration.