Photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0 US, Wikimedia Commons
Abies concolor
White fir
- Also called White fir, Concolor fir
Evergreen conifer, 40-55 m
What it is
White fir is a true fir of the mountains of the western United States. Its flat, soft needles, 4 to 7 cm long, are a pale blue-green or silvery colour on both sides and smell of citrus when crushed. Its cones stand upright on the top branches and fall apart on the tree. Old trees have thick, deeply furrowed bark. It grows from central Oregon south through California and east to the Rockies and northern Mexico.
What it's used for
- Its wood is a general construction timber used for framing and plywood.
- It is grown as a Christmas tree and an ornamental.
- Its seeds and dense branches feed and shelter many birds and small mammals.
Where we plant it
Rebuilding Oregon's Forests
Fremont-Winema National Forest, Oregon, United States
Plant trees in this projectOur partners plant the mix of native species that suits each site and season, so a gift plants trees in the project rather than this one species. Abies concolor is one of the species planted there.
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Ponderosa pinePinus ponderosa
Lodgepole pinePinus contorta
Western larchLarix occidentalis
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