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Abies nordmanniana |
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Nordmann Fir |
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Narrowly pyramidal, with stiff horizontal
branching.
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50-75 feet tall with a spread of 25-35 feet |
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Plants are monoecious. Cones are reddish in
color, pistillate produced only at the top,
staminate produced throughout. |
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Needles are ¾-1½ inches long, somewhat
2 ranked, flattened, with a notched tip,
lustrous dark green in color, with 2 white
stomata lines beneath. |
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Bark is smooth, grayish-brown, becoming slightly
fissured on older trees. |
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Cones are cylindrical, 5-6 inches long, upright,
reddish-brown in color. |
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 The Nordmann Fir is generally not consider to be as good
in the home landscape as some of the other firs. Take a
look at the concolor
or white fir. |
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