| Scientific Name: | Abies fraseri |
| Common Name: | Fraser fir |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Forestry, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Screening, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Tall background, Wind break |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Leathery, Glabrous, Glaucous, Lustrous, Linear, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Brown, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Needles not strongly scented, spirally arranged on the twigs and directed forward (rarely twisted at the base to spread into two rows), 1.2-2.5cm long x 1.5-2mm wide (broadest near apex), flat, tips mostly rounded (may be acute or notched on shoots with buds or cones), upper surface grooved and with some stomatal rows, lower surface white with (8-)10(-12) stomatal rows on each side of midrib; leaf scars rounded, strong turpentine-like odour when crushed; seed cones erect, most 3.5-6cm long x 2.5-4cm wide; scales 0.7-1cm x 1-1.3cm, pubescent; bracts protruding, rounded, reflexed over scales, dark purple turning light brown when mature; seeds brown 4-5mm long x 2-3mm wide with purple wings about 5mm long; seedling usually with 5 cotyledons. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Abies_fraseri.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |