Vejar fir

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. to 70 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 70.
Width: 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. to 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: NE Mexico
Cultivation
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Water: moist
Features: evergreen, foliage
USDA Zones: 7 to 8
Scientific Names

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Abies vejarii is a species of fir native northeastern Mexico, where it grows at high altitudes (2,000–3,300 m).[1][2]

It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 35–40 m tall. The leaves are needle-like, moderately flattened, 1–2.5 cm long and 1.3–2 mm wide by 1 mm thick, grey-green with scattered stomata above, and with two greenish-white bands of stomata below. The tip of the leaf is acutely pointed. The cones are glaucous purple, maturing grey-brown, 6–15 cm long and 4–6 cm broad, with about 150–200 scales, each scale with a bract of which the apical 3–8 mm is exserted on the closed cone, and two winged seeds; they disintegrate when mature to release the seeds.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Farjon, A. (1990). Pinaceae. Drawings and Descriptions of the Genera. Koeltz Scientific Books ISBN 3-87429-298-3.
  2. Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Abies vejarii. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.

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