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| Sunset Zones: | 5-11, 14-24, 32, 33 |
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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.
Read about Spanish fir in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text. |
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Varieties
- Abies pinsapo var. marocana - Moroccan Fir
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References
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- w:Spanish fir. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Spanish fir QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)