Subalpine Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Native to: Western North America
Eco benefits: windbreak
Natural habitat: mountains, inner forests
Shapes: conical, single trunk, upright
Height: 65-160ft
Growth rate: slow
Unique attractions: winter interest
Common uses: reforestation, landscaping, naturalized plantings
Light: full sun, partial shade, full shade
Soil: moist and fertile
Subalpine Fir is a coniferous evergreen with a tall, narrow cone-shaped crown. It Grows at high altitude interior mountainous forests in western North America from the Yukon, south to New Mexico. Needles have a nice green to bluish tint and are glaucous. The bark is smooth and gray with horizontal resin blisters when young, becoming broken with fissures with age. The cones stand upright and purple, located at the top of the tree. Subalpine Fir can grow medium to large in size, is short lived tree very shade tolerant.
