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Durango Fir

Abies durangensis

Durango Fir
Photo: Oscargsol, CC BY 3.0

Durango fir is a large, cone-bearing evergreen conifer native to mountains of northern Mexico, grown mainly as a forest timber and ornamental tree. It needs cool, moist, well-drained conditions and does not tolerate heat or dry air well.

Family
Pinaceae (Pine family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply during dry spells in the first years, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral soil, loam or sandy loam.
Temperature
Cool temperate; tolerates winter lows well below freezing, but dislikes prolonged heat above about 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Mexico (to N. Jalisco)
Climate
temperate

About

Abies durangensis is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It was described botanically by Maximino Martínez in 1942 and is found only in Mexico (Durango, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Jalisco and Sinaloa).

Other Abies plants

Silver Fir · Pacific Silver Fir · Balsam Fir · Baishan Fir · Bristlecone Fir · Greek Fir · Shensi Fir · Cilician Fir · White Fir · Fansipan Fir · Delavay's Fir · Sikkim Fir

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abies durangensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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