Silver Fir Tree Identification
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Silver fir tree identification. Pacific silver fir abies amabilis click on each photo to enlarge image needles. Trees by common name trees by scientific name dichotomous key mystery tree. 40 50 m tall. For more information about these species see.
Silver fir is the species first used as a christmas tree but has been largely replaced by nordmann fir which has denser more attractive foliage norway spruce which is much cheaper to grow and other species. Citation needed the wood is strong lightweight light colored fine grained even textured and long fibered. The largest measured tree was 223 feet 68 m tall with a trunk diameter of 12 5 feet 3 8 m. Spanish fir abies pinsapo spanish firs have a distinct conical shape and purple cones.
The needles on the twigs are dark green on the upper side with 2 white stomata bands on the underside. Green on top and white underneath. 100 to 250 feet. Western firs are the pacific silver fir california red fir noble fir grand fir and white fir.
The balsam fir is north america s northern most fir with an extensive range in canada and primarily grows in the northeastern united states. Fraser fir is rare in its natural appalachian range but extensively planted and grown for christmas trees. This tree has a number of regional common names including great silver fir giant fir oregon fir lowland white fir vancouver fir western white fir yellow fir and great fir.