Abies ID help please

[Will Hinchliffe]

I only have a peice of folliage to go on but I need to ID a yong Abies tree. I think its Abies nordmanniana but I want to make sure its not Abies Koreana or another smaller Abies before I write my report.

 

The needles are 2-3cm long and the foliage dark glossy green.

 

I have included a scan of the peice of foliage but the colour is not a great representation its a much darker green than it apears in the scan.

 

Any e-links to ID guides would be great.

 

Will

Abies.pdf

[Dean O]

my fir Id isnt great - but.... when i zoom into the pic it looks like a few of the needles have notched tips with a silver blue sheen - if this is right then i'd go for

abies alba - silver fir

 

if the sheen is a trick of the light then how about caucasian fir - abies nordmanniana

 

someone please feel free to shoot me down.

[Hogs Breath]

Probably Abies Nordmanniana but could it also possibly be Abies Concolor?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

that is NOT koreana, that much I can tell you

[slack ma girdle]

I might not know much but that is definitely not an oak leaf !

Hope that helps

[Will Hinchliffe]

I think its most likely Nordmanniana. The reason I was concerned was because I was writing a brief report stating that the tree was a poor choice for its location and is likely to cause damage to a boundary wall and the house. Its only 1 meter from the house but is less than 10 years old. It would be a bit embarrassing if I said it was going to grow into a massive tree and it turned out to be an Abies species or cultivar that only grew to 10m.

[common lime]

Colorado Blue Spruce also known as Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) :001_roll eyes:

 

What is the prize for getting it right?

[Will Hinchliffe]

The colour didn't really come out on the scan, its not blue but dark green.