Mountain Balsam Fir Abies lasiocarpa
Other Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- AY-bees las-ee-oh-KAR-pah
- Description
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Texture: medium to fine
Form: narrow and pyramidal
Native range is Alaska to New Mexico. Distribution Map
- Cultivars:
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- var. arizonica 'Compacta'
- var. arizonica 'Compacta'
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- Cultivars:
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- var. arizonica 'Compacta'
- var. arizonica 'Compacta'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Abies
- Species:
- lasiocarpa
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Tree
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Needled Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Pyramidal
- Growth Rate:
- Slow
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Usda Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Black
- Brown/Copper
- Red/Burgundy
- Fruit Description:
- This plant has cones that are burgundy, brown, or even black. The cones hang upwards instead of downwards.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Purple/Lavender
- Flower Size:
- 3-6 inches
- Flower Description:
- 2 to 4 in. oblong dark purple cones
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Leaves:
- Leaf Characteristics:
- Needled Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Blue
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Needles
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- 1 to 1.5 in. needles; crowded; pale bluish green
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Bark:
- Bark Color:
- Light Gray
- Bark Description:
- Grayish to chalk white bark
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Similar plants:
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Abies koreana
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Abies nordmanniana
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Cedrus atlantica
