Abies procera
Noble fir
Noble Fir Management and Identification
(From Steve Nix, About Forestry)
Noble Fir Silviculture
(Silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, Northeast S&PF, USFS)
Wood Technical Fact Sheet - Noble Fir
(Courtesy of Hardwoods of North America, Forest Products Lab, USFS)
Fire Effects On Noble Fir
(Courtesy of U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects)
Noble Fir From Virginia Tech w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)
Species Documentation and Data on Noble Fir
(The BEST conifer data on the Internet, Gymnosperm Database, Editor C. J. Earle)
North American Timber Types
(From Steve Nix, About Forestry)
The Great American Coniferous Forest
(From Steve Nix, About Forestry)
Quick Stats
Common Names: Abete di California, abete Shasta, abeto de California, abeto Shasta, California red fir, California red-bark fir, Californische rode den, giant red fir, golden fir, great red fir, kalifornisk prakt-gran, magnificent fir, Murray fir, red bark fir, red fir, red-bark fir, sapin magnifique, sapin rouge californien, sapin Shasta, Shasta red fir, shasta den, Shasta fir, Shasta-gran, silvertip, western balsam fir, white fir.
Habitat: an impressive true fir limited to the Cascade Range and Coast Ranges of the Pacific Northwest
Description: typically has a clean, columnar bole and short, rounded crown. Noble fir attains the largest dimensions of any of the true fir species.
Uses: Lumber, plywood, pulp for paper, framing, sheathing, subflooring, concrete forms, decking, planking, beams, posts, siding, paneling, millwork, prefabricated buildings and structural members, industrial crating and shook, furniture parts, mobile homes
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