European Silver Fir

Abies alba

Pinaceae · coniferous tree · introduced

Last updated March 9, 2026

Data Coverage 3 of 6 dimensions

Site Data

Threats

Cultivars

Phenology

GDD Thresholds

Puget Sound

Quick Facts

Height

100-160 ft

Spread

49 ft

Growth Rate

Fast

Light

Full Sun to Part Shade

Soil

Moist

Water

Moderate

Hardiness

Zone Zones 4a–8b

Origin

the mountains of southern and central Europe east to

Diseases (17)

Gymnosporangium libocedri Broom Rust [VERIFY] Current-season Needle Necrosis Many conifers Drought Injury Grovesiella punctata Grovesiella Canker Heterobasidion annosum Heterobasidion Root Disease Multiple fungi (Rhizosphaera spp., Stigmina spp., Lirula ... Interior Needle Blight Rhabdocline spp. including R Needle Cast Neonectria ditissima Neonectia Canker Delphinella balsameae Purple Needle Eater (Delphinella Shoot Blight) Phytophthora spp. Root Rot, Phytophthora Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust Phytophthora cactorum"heeled in\" (placed in sawdust pile... Shoot Blight Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot Heterobasidion annosum (syn. Fomes annosus) Annosus Root Rot Pucciniastrum spp. Rust (Pucciniastrum) Uredinopsis spp. Rust (Uredinopsis)

Pests (8)

Mindarus abietinus Balsam twig aphid Adelges piceae Balsam woolly adelgid Dioryctria spp. Coneworm Cinara spp. Giant conifer aphid Choristoneura freemani Spruce budworm (Western) Oligonychus ununguis Spruce spider mite Cinara curvipes Bow-legged fir aphid Choristoneura fumiferana Spruce budworm

Cultivars (2)

'Barabits Star'

Common name: Barabit's Star European Silver Fir; Mature height: 6–12 ft

Hardy to USDA Zone 4

'Pendula'

Common name: Weeping European Silver Fir; Mature height: 8 ft

Hardy to USDA Zone 4