European Silver Fir
Abies alba
Pinaceae · conifer · introduced
Quick Facts
Height
100-160 ft
Spread
49 ft
Growth Rate
Fast
Light
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil
Moist
Water
Moderate
Hardiness
Zone Zones 4a–8b
Origin
the mountains of southern and central Europe east to
Diseases (17)
Gymnosporangium libocedri Broom Rust
Current-season Needle Necrosis
Many conifers Drought Injury
Grovesiella Canker
Heterobasidion Root Disease
Multiple fungi (Rhizosphaera spp., Stigmina spp., Lirula ... Interior Needle Blight
Rhabdocline spp. including R Needle Cast
Neonectia Canker
Purple Needle Eater (Delphinella Shoot Blight)
Phytophthora spp. Root Rot, Phytophthora
Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust
Shoot Blight
Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot
Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot
Heterobasidion annosum (syn. Fomes annosus) Annosus Root Rot
Rust (Pucciniastrum)
Rust (Uredinopsis)
Pests (8)
Cultivars (2)
Barabits Star
Common name: Barabit's Star European Silver Fir; Mature height: 6–12 ft
Pendula
Common name: Weeping European Silver Fir; Mature height: 8 ft