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Abies numidica
Also called Algerian Silver Fir
Algerian fir is a large evergreen conifer from the mountains of northeast Algeria, grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens. Its key requirement is cool, moist winters and a site with room to grow, as it reaches 20 to 35 m tall.
Abies numidica, the Algerian fir, is a species of fir found only in Algeria, where it is endemic to the Jebel Babor region, the second-highest mountain (2,004 m) in the Algerian Tell Atlas.
Algerian fir is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in parks and larger gardens. It is valued among firs for its drought and atmospheric pollution tolerance.
Abies numidica grows in a high-altitude Mediterranean climate at 1,800–2,004 m (and rarely down to 1,220 m) with an annual precipitation of 1,500–2,000 mm, the great majority of which falls as winter snow; the summers are warm and very dry. It is closely related to Abies pinsapo (Spanish fir), which occurs further west in the Rif mountains of Morocco and in southern Spain.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abies numidica 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.
