CATTON ARBORETUM

Abies alba

Common name: European Silver Fir

Year planted: 1998

Country of origin: Central and Southern Europe

Year introduced: To Uk about 1603

Description: Widely grown for timber until the introduction of more productive species.. Smooth grey bark becomes lightly fissured with age. Needles are soft, blunt and glossy green with cones occuring in upright clusters

what3words: crops.caramel.manly
Tree number: 96
Abies alba (European Silver Fir)