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| name = ''Abies cephalonica''
|genus=Abies
| common_names = Greek Fir
|species=cephalonica
| growth_habit = tree
|common_name=Greek fir
| high = 60-70 ft.{{SCH}}
|habit=tree
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|Max ht box=100
| origin = <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|Max ht metric=ft
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Min wd box=15
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
|Min wd metric=ft
| exposure = <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Max wd box=25
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|Max wd metric=ft
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
|origin=C & S Greece
|lifespan=perennial
|Temp Metric=°F
|image=Abies cephalonica 001.jpg
|image_width=240
| color = IndianRed
|image_caption=Abies cephalonica on left
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
}}
}}
'''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 mm.
The [[leaf|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 [[conifer cone|cones]] are 10-20 cm long and 4 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]].''
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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