Plants of the Abies Genus at BCA



The following species and varieties are currently (or recently were) in the collections at Boone County Arboretum. This list is certainly not exhaustive -- additional taxa may be available in the trade, or may have been removed from our collection and thus removed from this list. To include taxa that are no longer present, go to this other list.

 

Abies balsamea

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  • Abies balsamea subsp. phanerolepis // Canaan Fir, Bracted Balsam Fir, West Virginia Balsam Fir

 

Abies cilicica

Cilician Fir
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  • Abies cilicica // Cilician Fir ("straight species")

 

Abies concolor

White Fir; Concolor Fir
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  • Abies concolor // White Fir; Concolor Fir ("straight species")

 

Abies nordmanniana

Nordmann Fir, Caucasian fir
A stately, handsome, narrow-pyramidal evergreen tree that does best in moist, well-drained soils.
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  • Abies nordmanniana // Nordmann Fir, Caucasian fir ("straight species")
  • Abies nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani // Turkish Fir

 

Abies pinsapo

Spanish Fir
A good, blue-needled selection of the firs, with red male flowers, showing more tolerance to heat, drought and alkaline soils than most other firs.
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  • Abies pinsapo 'Aurea' // Golden Spanish Fir