Abies concolor
white fir
Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)
Wood Technical Fact Sheet
(courtesy of Hardwoods of North America, Forest Products Lab, USFS)
From Virginia Tech w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)
Species Documentation and Data
(The BEST conifer data on the Internet, Gymnosperm Database, Editor C. J. Earle)
North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry)
The Great American Coniferous Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)
Recent Champion: var. concolor 94' height, 48' spread, 227" circumf., Uinta National Forest, Utah
National Register of Big Trees
Quick Stats
Common Names: Abete bianco americano, abete blanco americano, abeto blanco americano, amerikansk gran, balsam fir, balsam, California great fir, Californische den, giant fir, grand fir, great silver fir, groise tanne, jedle obrovska, kaempegran, kalifornische kustentanne, kalifornische reisentanne, kust-gran, kustgran, lowland fir, lowland white fir, Oregon fir, Oregon white fir, Puget Sound fir, reuzenzilverspar, rough-barked fir, sapin du Vancouver, sapin grandissime, silver fir, tall silver fir, Vancouver den, Vancouver-gran, vancouvergran, western balsam fir
Habitat: White fir reaches its best development and maximum size in the central Sierra Nevada of California, where the record specimen is 58.5 m (192 ft) tall and measures 271 cm (106.6 in) in d.b.h.
Description: The tree is a favorite Christmas tree.
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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