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Growing Info: Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours. Stratification: cold stratify for 30 days. Germination: seed may start to germinate in cold strat., sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed. Other: fall sowing in mulched beds is often prefered to artificial stat. and spring sowing.
- An evergreen Tree growing to 15 m (49ft 3in) at a fast rate. It is hardy to zone 4 and is not frost tender. It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen from Sep to October. The flowers are monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and are pollinated by Wind.
- The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil.The plant prefers acid and neutral soils..It can grow in full shade (deep woodland) semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist soil.The plant is not wind tolerant.
- Abies fraseri ( Fraser fir ) is a species of fir native to the mountains of the eastern United States and Canada . It is closely related to Abies balsamea (balsam fir), of which it has occasionally been treated as a subspecies (as A. balsamea subsp. fraseri (Pursh) E.Murray) or a variety (as A. balsamea var. fraseri (Pursh) Spach).
