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Abies alba, the European silver fir or silver fir, is a fir native to the mountains of Europe, from the Pyrenees north to Normandy, east to the Alps and the Carpathians, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and south to Italy, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Albania and northern Greece; it is also commonly grown on Christmas tree plantations in the North East region of North America spanning New England in the US to the Maritime provinces of Canada.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Tree
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Abies
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 8-11
- Mature Height
- 39.93 m to 49.99 m
- Mature Spread
- 3.96 m to 7.92 m
- Leaf Color
- Green, Gray, Silver
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- Yellow, Pink, Green, Purple, Red
- Bloom Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer, Late summer, Fall
- Native Area
- Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Poland, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Albania, Romania, France
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Common silver Fir en Silver Fir en European silver fir en Christmastree en Jela (Serbian) en White fir en Swiss pine en Common fir en White silver fir en Spiculum Silver-Fir en Nornman Christmas tree en V cgcffffff en Brad (Romanian)
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