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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 40-45 feet
Plant Spread: 35-40 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Needled
Uses: Provides winter interest
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Wind
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Subalpine Fir
  • Rocky Mountain Fir
  • Sub-Alpine Fir
  • Alpine Fir
  • White Balsam
  • Balsam Fir

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Location: Peyto Lake, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Home
Date: 2016-07-02
Location: Moraine Lake, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-03
Location: Home
Date: 2016-07-02
Location: Moraine Lake, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-03
Location: Athabasca Glacier, Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: Mnt. Edith Cavell,  Banff/Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-06
Location: Mnt. Edith Cavell,  Banff/Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-06
Location: Moraine Lake, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-03
Location: Home
Location: Bonhoeffer Garden, Stanwood, Washington
Date: 2018-06-30
Location: Athabasca Glacier, Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: Athabasca Glacier, Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: Athabasca Glacier, Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: Sunwapta Falls, Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-06
Location: Home
Location: Home
Date: 2016-07-02
Location: Home
Location: Home
Date: 2016-07-02
Location: Home
Date: 2016-07-02
Location: Cascade Falls, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-08
Location: Home
Date: 2016-07-02
Location: Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois
Date: 2018-08-22
young planted specimen
Location: Mnt. Edith Cavell,  Banff/Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-06
Location: Mnt. Edith Cavell,  Banff/Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-06
Like a bonsai
Location: My garden
Date: 2011-12-12m
Location: My garden
Date: 2009-07-25
Location: My garden
Date: 2011-12-12
Location: My garden
Date: 2011-12-12
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Dege Peak, north ridge, Mount Rainier National Park
credit: Walter Siegmund

Date: 2007-07-06
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2007-07-06
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2007-07-06
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2007-07-06
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Washington
Date: 2005-07-25
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

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