GENUS - ABIES
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Balsam Fir
Abies balsamea, Zone 3 - 50ft.
Often used as a Christmas Tree or for land reclamation. Has a conical
habit and aromatic needles. Good screen tree property border planting.
St. Lucia Fir
Abies bracteata, Zone 9/10 - 70ft.
A California native, the 'Santa Lucia Fir' is a popular ornamental
conifer and can be seen in many arboreta; symmetrical and tight in
its habit often looking like a sheared light green Christmas tree. It
is said to be the rarest Fir in the world and is endemic to
California's Santa Lucia Mountains. Grows slowly, 3 to 4 ft in 6 to 7
years.
White Fir
Abies concolor, Zone 5 - 40ft.
Excellent for ornamental use and as a Christmas tree. Withstands heat
and drought better than other firs. Large pyramidal tree with soft
blue-green to silvery needles, 2-3 inches long. Easily cultivated. A
citrus smell is present when the needle is broken. Older trees develop
a dome-like crown.
Cork Bark Fir
Abies lasiocarpa 'arizonica', Zone 5 - 40ft.
Densely crowded, somewhat spire-like in habit. Pyramidal form. Corky
white bark and blue-green to blue-white needles set this attractive
ornamental
apart from the species. Wonderfully fragrant needles. Native to Arizona
and found in subalpine parts of the Northwest throughout parts of the
Rocky Mountains and coastal mountain ranges. Not a fragile tree; it can
often adapt to small difficult areas.
Noble Fir
Abies procera aka: abies nobilis, Z6 - 220ft.
A native fir of North America, the 'Noble Fir' is aptly named, it is a
very large evergreen at maturity growing to 200 ft or more. Native to
Washington/California the tree produces blue-green foliage;
conical when young, pyramidal when older, it has a long column-like
trunk, conspicuous cones 6-10" are green when young becoming purplish
later. Flat needles are crowded on the branchlets and curve upwards.
Slower growing on the East coast. The Noble Fir has been popular in
Great Britain/Ireland as an ornamental planting .
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