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Abies pinsapo - Spanish Fir. Native to Spain. Does very well in both warm/dry regions and cool/moist. Slow growth to 50 feet. Sometimes mistaken for a spruce (due to dense, symmetric form). Stiff needles are deep green and .5 to .75 inches long. They are set uniformly around branches. 'Glauca' variety is blue gray.
 
Abies pinsapo - Spanish Fir. Native to Spain. Does very well in both warm/dry regions and cool/moist. Slow growth to 50 feet. Sometimes mistaken for a spruce (due to dense, symmetric form). Stiff needles are deep green and .5 to .75 inches long. They are set uniformly around branches. 'Glauca' variety is blue gray.
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Spanish Fir. Tree, 70-80 ft.: trunk 4-6 ft. in diam.: lvs. short, broad, rigid, sharp-pointed, bright green, spreading from all sides of the stiff branchlets: cones cylindrical, slender, gray-brown, 5 1/2 - 6 in. long; bracts shorter than their scales. Mts. of Cent, and S. Spain; often gregarious. —Not hardy north of the middle states.}}
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'''''Abies pinsapo''''' ('''Spanish Fir''') is a species of [[fir]] native to southern [[Spain]] (altitudes of 900-2000 m) and northern [[Morocco]] (1400-2100 m).  
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It is an [[evergreen]] [[tree]] growing to 20-30 m tall, with a conic crown, sometimes becoming irregular with age. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 1.5-2 cm long, arranged radially all round the shoots, and are strongly glaucous pale blue-green, with broad bands of whitish wax on both sides. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are cylindrical, 9-18 cm long, greenish-pink to purple before maturity, and smooth with the bract scales short and not exserted. When mature, they disintegrate to release the winged [[seed]]s{{wp}}.
  
 
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Abies|genus page]].''
 
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Abies|genus page]].''
  
 
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* Abies pinsapo var. marocana - Moroccan Fir
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The Moroccan variety, '''Moroccan Fir''' ''Abies pinsapo'' var. ''marocana'', differs in the leaves being less strongly glaucous and the cones slightly longer, 11-20 cm long{{wp}}.
  
 
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Abiespinsapoglauca.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: ⇕ 80 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 80.
Width: ⇔ 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Water: ◍ moist
Features: ✓ evergreen, foliage
USDA Zones: 6 to 8
Sunset Zones: 5-11, 14-24, 32, 33
Scientific Names

Pinaceae >

Abies >

pinsapo >


Abies pinsapo - Spanish Fir. Native to Spain. Does very well in both warm/dry regions and cool/moist. Slow growth to 50 feet. Sometimes mistaken for a spruce (due to dense, symmetric form). Stiff needles are deep green and .5 to .75 inches long. They are set uniformly around branches. 'Glauca' variety is blue gray.

Abies pinsapo (Spanish Fir) is a species of fir native to southern Spain (altitudes of 900-2000 m) and northern Morocco (1400-2100 m).

It is an evergreen tree growing to 20-30 m tall, with a conic crown, sometimes becoming irregular with age. The leaves are 1.5-2 cm long, arranged radially all round the shoots, and are strongly glaucous pale blue-green, with broad bands of whitish wax on both sides. The cones are cylindrical, 9-18 cm long, greenish-pink to purple before maturity, and smooth with the bract scales short and not exserted. When mature, they disintegrate to release the winged seedswp.

More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

Cultivation

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Propagation

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Pests and diseases

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Varieties

The Moroccan variety, Moroccan Fir Abies pinsapo var. marocana, differs in the leaves being less strongly glaucous and the cones slightly longer, 11-20 cm longwp.

Gallery

  • Abies pinsapo pollen.jpg
  • Pinsapo de las Escaleretas 2.jpg
  • Piñas del pinsapo.jpg
  • Abies pinsapo Glauca 02.jpg
  • Abies pinsapo JPG1a.jpg
  • SpanishFir.jpg

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