Scientific Name:	Abies concolor
Pronunciation:	AY-beez KON-kol-or
Common Name:	silver fir, Colorado fir, white fir
Family Name:	Pinaceae
Plant Type:	Conifer
Key ID Features:	Branched to base, those on upper half of tree tend to point upward, lower ones are horizontal or deflected downward; needles blue-green, soft, curve out and up on branches, new growth bluish; buds and young bark have resin blisters.
Course(s):	HORT 1155, Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Stiffly upright Form: Columnar Texture: Fine Mature Size: Height: > 30m Spread: 7 - 10m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Mexico, U.S. - northwest Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained Water Use: Low, Moderate Landscape Uses: Specimen plant Additional Info: Google. Dwarf cultivar on campus: A. 'Piggelmee'. (Firs have soft needles, erect cones; spruces have prickly needles with pegs, pendulous cones.)

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Needle-like Arrangement: Spiraled Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Distinctive smell, Glabrous Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Acicular, Linear Apices: Rounded Bases: Attenuate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: n/a Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Colour (petals): No flowers, Dark-red Flower Time at Peak: Mar, Apr

Fruit Type: Cone (winged seeds) Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Not showy, Google cones Seeds 8-12 x 3 mm, wing about twice as long; cotyledons 5-9 (usually 6).

Bark Morphology: Smooth, Deeply fissured Bark or Stem Colour: Grey     Organ Modifications: Ectomycorrhizae

Propagation:	Seed, Hardwood cuttings
Pest Susceptibility:	Aphids or adelgids, Canker or sap rot, Dieback, Root rot, ( Pest resistant, Disease resistant )
Specific Pests:	needle cast

Location(s): (AGB) Acer Griseum Bed : cv. 'Piggelmee' (TKC) TamaracK Courtyard : 387 Location Map

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