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| name = ''Abies cephalonica''
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|genus=Abies
| common_names = Greek Fir
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| growth_habit = tree
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|common_name=Greek fir
| high = 60-70 ft.{{SCH}}
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|origin=C & S Greece
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'''Greek Fir''' ('''''Abies cephalonica''''') is a [[fir]] native to the [[mountain]]s of [[Greece]], primarily in the [[Peloponnesos]] and the island of [[Kefallinia]]. It is a medium-size [[evergreen]] [[Pinophyta|coniferous]] [[tree]] growing to 25-35 m (rarely 40 m) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m. It occurs at altitudes of 900-1,700 m, on mountains with a rainfall of over 1,000&nbsp;mm.
Loud. Tree, 60-70 ft.: trunk 2-4 ft. in diam.: lvs. broad, rigid, sharp-pointed, standing. out from the branches at right angles: cones cylindrical, slender, pointed, gray-brown, 5-6 in. long; bracts longer or rarely snorter than their scales. Mt. Enos, on the Isl. of Cephalonia. —Doubtfully hardy in northern states.}}
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The [[leaf|leaves]] are needle-like, flattened, 1.5-3&nbsp;cm long and 2&nbsp;mm wide by 0.5&nbsp;mm thick, glossy dark green above, and with two blue-white bands of [[stomata]] below. The tip of the leaf is pointed, usually fairly sharply but sometimes with a blunt tip, particularly on slow-growing shoots on older trees. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are 10-20&nbsp;cm long and 4&nbsp;cm broad, with about 150-200 scales, each scale with an exserted bract and two winged [[seed]]s; they disintegrate when mature to release the seeds.  
  
 
:''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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Revision as of 05:18, 8 January 2010


Abies cephalonica on left


Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: 100 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 100.
Width: 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. to 25 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 25.
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: C & S Greece
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Greek Fir (Abies cephalonica) is a fir native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallinia. It is a medium-size evergreen coniferous tree growing to 25-35 m (rarely 40 m) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m. It occurs at altitudes of 900-1,700 m, on mountains with a rainfall of over 1,000 mm.

The leaves are needle-like, flattened, 1.5-3 cm long and 2 mm wide by 0.5 mm thick, glossy dark green above, and with two blue-white bands of stomata below. The tip of the leaf is pointed, usually fairly sharply but sometimes with a blunt tip, particularly on slow-growing shoots on older trees. The cones are 10-20 cm long and 4 cm broad, with about 150-200 scales, each scale with an exserted bract and two winged seeds; they disintegrate when mature to release the seeds.

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

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Varieties

Var. Apollinis (syn. A. Apillinis), with narrow and blunter lvs., is remarkable in its power to produce vigorous shoots from adventitious buds. Mts. of Greece and Roumelia; often gregarious; more hardy than the type in the northern states.

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