Spanish Fir
Abies pinsapo
Pinaceae · coniferous tree · introduced
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Quick Facts
Height
65 ft
Hardiness
Zone Zones 7a–8b
Bloom Time
Non-flowering
Watch for this season
RustHigh
Aecial Stage (Alternate Host)
Armillaria Root RotModerate
Active Below-ground Growth
Balsam woolly adelgidModerate
Spring Activation
Diseases: Regionally Documented (15)
Melampsorella caryophyllacearum [VERIFY] Broom Rust Current-season Needle Necrosis Drought Injury Grovesiella punctata Grovesiella Canker Heterobasidion occidentale Otrosina & Garbel Heterobasidion Root Disease Multiple fungi (Rhizosphaera spp., Stigmina spp., Lirula ... Interior Needle Blight Rhabdocline spp. including R Needle Cast Neonectia Canker Delphinella balsameae Purple Needle Eater (Delphinella Shoot Blight) Root Rot, Phytophthora Multiple genera (Melampsoridium, Thekopsora, Naohidemyces... Rust Multiple pathogens cause shoot blight on different hosts:... Shoot Blight Armillaria spp. — primarily A Armillaria Root Rot Pucciniastrum spp. Rust (Pucciniastrum) Uredinopsis spp. Rust (Uredinopsis)
Pests: Regionally Documented (8)
Cultivars (3)
'Aurea'
Common name: Golden Spanish Fir; Mature height: 25 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 7
'Glauca'
Common name: Blue Spanish Fir; Mature height: 60 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 7
'Horstmann'
Common name: Horstmann Spanish Fir; Mature height: 2 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Data Maturity Structured Multiple sources. Expert review underway.