Abies bracteata - Santa Lucia fir

Santa Lucia fir (Abies bracteata) is a slow-growing evergreen conifer endemic to the Santa Lucia Mountains of coastal California, valued as a tight, symmetrical specimen tree.¹ It grows 5-20 m tall and 1-10 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Semi-shade¹

Type

• Tree¹
• Evergreen¹

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	5-20
Diameter (m)	1-10

Footnotes

1. Abies bracteata, Santa Lucia Fir | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩