Concolor Fir Xmas Tree

The concolor fir has been steadily gaining popularity as a christmas tree in recent years.

Concolor fir xmas tree.

It has dark green needles and excellent form. Growing colorado concolor white fir trees. Bert cregg and jill o donnell msu. Concolor fir have longer needles that may be as blue as a blue spruce.

These branches grow horizontally when. White fir also commonly called concolor fir is native to the western united states and may reach sizes of 130 150 ft. The oldest white firs may occasionally reach 350 years of age. As a christmas tree white fir has good foliage color a pleasing natural shape and aroma and good needle retention.

The needles have a pleasant scent described as citrus or orange like. Older trees are decorated with large upright purple cones in winter like natural christmas decorations. The needles remain on the tree long after cutting. Abies concolor the white fir is a coniferous tree in the pine family pinaceae this tree is native to the mountains of western north america from the southern cascade range in oregon south throughout california and into the sierra de san pedro mártir in northern baja california.

Balsam fir has long been a preferred species for many consumers because of its strong christmas tree scent. And south throughout the colorado plateau and southern rocky. East through parts of southern idaho to wyoming. Back to list of tree species.