#1318 most planted
Abies lasiocarpa
Subalpine fir · also Rocky Mountain fir, Alpine fir, Western balsam fir
ConiferEvergreen
61
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
9
cities
5.9 in
median trunk (15 cm, 57 measured)
20 yr
median age (69% have a planting date)
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Abies lasiocarpa, also known as subalpine fir or Rocky Mountain fir, is a western North American evergreen conifer typically found in subalpine forest ecosystems.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 410.06%20 yr2.0 in
- 60.00%—2.4 in
- 40.00%—15 in
- 30.00%—17 in
- 20.00%—15 in
- 20.00%—16 in
- 10.00%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—1.3 in
- 10.00%—2.5 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 50–90 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–20 ft
- Wildlife value
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.9 in, mean 6.5 in, 90th percentile 14 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests
- Arizona Mountains forests
- British Columbia coastal conifer forests
- Central British Columbia Mountain forests
- Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
- Central-Southern Cascades Forests
- Colorado Rockies forests
- Northern California coastal forests
- Sierra Nevada forests
- South Central Rockies forests
Tundra
- Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra
- Brooks-British Range tundra
- Interior Yukon-Alaska alpine tundra
Boreal Forests/Taiga
- Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga
- Northwest Territories taiga
Other Abies in the catalogue
20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
