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Abies lasiocarpa
Subalpine Fir or Rocky Mountain Fir
Origin: Western North America; Yukon to Idaho.
| Family |
| Pinaceae |
| Genus |
| Abies |
| Species |
| lasiocarpa |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (evergreen) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 4 - 6a |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -29 to -23 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -20 to -10 |
| Height |
| 20 m |
| Spread |
| 2 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| Landscape |
| This tree is useful as a windbreak. |
| Cultivation |
| It is very hardy and can handle many different types of soils. It is also a plant that can handle brief periods of drought fairly well, but will not endure such conditions for a long period of time. |
| Shape |
| It is wide spread but loosely conical in nature. It has a very tight cone shape at the top. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| ID Characteristic |
| It is a large coniferous tree with deep green needles and spreading branches. It also has a tight conical tip. |
| Pests |
| No specific pests are known for this species. |
| Habitat |
| This tree grows all along the western coastline in high altitudes, such as the Rocky Mountain Range. It also grows from south Yukon to Idaho. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| The bark on young trees is smooth, gray, and with resin blisters, becoming rough and fissured or scaly on old trees. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Buds are the same basic colour as the bark, and are very large and scaled. |
| Leaf Description |
| The leaves are flat, needle-like, 1.5 - 3 cm long, glaucous green above with a broad stripe of stomata and two blue-white stomatal bands below; the fresh leaf scars are reddish. They are arranged spirally on the shoot, but with the leaf bases twisted. |
| Fruit Description |
| The cones are erect, 6 – 12 cm long, dark blackish purple with fine yellow-brown pubescence, ripening brown and disintegrating to release the winged seeds in early autumn. |
| Colour Description |
| The tree is deep green in colour with similarly coloured flowers. |
| Propagation |
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