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Conifer · Pinaceae Draft — unreviewed

White fir

Abies concolor (Gordon & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr.

Also called white fir, concolor fir.

Soft blue-green fir that tolerates heat, drought and alkaline soil better than other firs. A softer-looking alternative to blue spruce.

Size over time

Typical landscape size 9–15 m (30–49 ft) tall and 5–7 m (16–23 ft) wide; slow growth, about 35 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.12) from the #15 install size.

051015mPlanting1.8 × 0.9 mYear 34.9 × 2.4 mYear 108.9 × 4.5 mMature12.0 × 6.0 m

Design notes

  • Needs good drainage; root rot in heavy wet clay.
  • Suited to the Northeast and the Southwest mountains, not the low desert.

Regions

Native range: Mountains of the western U.S., including Arizona and New Mexico.

Native to these OpenLandscape3D pilot regions:

Southwest

Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.

Related plants

Arizona cypress
Cupressus arizonica · Conifer · 9–12 m (30–39 ft)
Colorado blue spruce
Picea pungens · Conifer · 9–15 m (30–49 ft)
Pinyon pine
Pinus edulis · Conifer · 5–10 m (16–33 ft)
Yoshino Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino' · Conifer · 9–15 m (30–49 ft)
Eastern red cedar
Juniperus virginiana · Conifer · 9–15 m (30–49 ft)
Dwarf Alberta spruce
Picea glauca 'Conica' · Conifer · 2–4 m (7–13 ft)

Plan with White fir

Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.

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