Information on Abies numidica

Common Name:  Algerian Fir

Scientific Name:  Abies numidica

Height:  25m 

Growth Rate: Slow  
Sun Tolerance: Full sun to light shade

Kingdom: Plantae

Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Species:  A. numidica

Abies numidica, is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in parks and larger gardens

Abies numidica is an evergreen tree with a narrowly conical habit. Its glossy dark green leaves are needle like, up to 25mm long and 3mm broad. Its trunk may achieve a diameter of up to 1m. Its grey/ brown bark is smooth on a young tree, becoming fissured and scaly with age. Its flowers are green/ yellow pollen cones. Its fruit are erect cones, grey/ green when young, maturing to brown, up to 20cm long and 4cm broad.

Abies numidica prefers moist, fertile, well-drained soils. It prefers a neutral to acid pH of soil, although it will tolerate an alkali soil.  

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