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| name = ''Abies pinsapo''
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| growth_habit = tree
| high = ?m (50 ft){{SSN}}
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| origin = Spain
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| color = IndianRed
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| genus = Abies
| species = pinsapo
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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.
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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.}}

:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Abies|genus page]].''

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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Varieties==
* Abies pinsapo var. marocana - Moroccan Fir

==Gallery==
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==References==
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->

==External links==
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