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HEIGHT:40 - 60 feet
SPREAD:12 - 20 feet
DISTINCTIONS:Medium size tree with dense, pyramidal shape; dark green, flattened needles; moist, well-drained soils, pH 6.0-7.8; produces dense shade. Important Christmas tree that retains its needles even when it dries out.
LIMITATIONS:A number of varieties exist because tree hybridizes with other firs in the wild.
HARDINESS:SE, SC (Zone 4)
ORIGIN:Caucasus Mountains.
CULTIVARS:Foresters recognize two sub-species, Caucasian fir, A. nordmanniana subsp.nordmanniana, and Turkish fir, A nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani.
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