Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa)

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by Michael Kuo

Habitat: At high elevations in the west; typically in cool, wet soil; usually in mixed woods--often with Engelmann spruce, lodgepole pine, or quaking aspen.

Stature: 60-100 feet high; to 2 feet in diameter; narrowly pyramid-shaped; branches dense, short and thick.

Needles: Under 2 inches long; dark blue-green; flat; often twisting at the base; crowded.

Bark: Thin; smooth (except for resin blisters); gray.

Cones: 2-4 inches; scales longer than they are wide.

(References consulted)

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Kuo, M. (2003, August). Subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa). Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/trees/abies_lasiocarpa.html