White Fir
Common Names: Silver Fir, Colorado Fir
Genus: Abies
Species: concolor
Parts Used: the wood is used for lumber and the whole tree is often used for Christmas trees.
White Fir
Scientific Name: Abies concolor (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr.
Synonym:
Family: Pinaceae ...
Abies concolor
(White Fir)
[Lindl. (Gord. & Glend.)] Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinatae
Family: Pinaceae
Family Description: Pine Key Characteristics: Also known as White Balsam or Silver Fir.
White Fir
These cone-bearing evergreens, commonly called firs, are large, majestic trees. Place them in groups, singly in lawns, or in forest plantings. Their upright cones vary in color -- purple, blue, red-brown or green -- by species.
Abies concolor. WHITE FIR. Sierra Nevada, Rockies
Pinaceae (Pine family) ...
( White Fir )
Abies concolor is a slow to medium growing fir with blue-green leaves pointing upward and forward along the shoot. The 3- to 5-inch cones are greenish-purple when young, turning brown. Reaches heights up to 130 feet.
Abies concolor 'Glauca Compacta' Syn.: Abies concolor 'Compacta' vernac. Colorado white fir
Windsor Great Park, - Heather garden, 16 December
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WHITE FIR
Abies concolor
General Notes
Best growth on deep, permeable soils with abundant moisture at mid- to high elevations. Commonly grown Western native at mid-elevation and coastal mtn. regions. Fine Christmas tree.
white fir Pinaceae Abies concolor (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr. symbol: ABCO
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Hoary White Fir
Hoary White Fir (Abies Concolor) - A whitish tree of medium height, with thick, grey bark. The flat leaves are about 2 inches long, and it has small pale yellow cones. It is hardy in Britain, and a rapid grower. Colorado.
White Fir, Silver Fir, Colorado Fir AY-beez KON-kul-e
Conifer, evergreen, 30-50 ft (9-15 m), conical and branched to base, upper branches tend to point upward whereas lower branches are horizontal or directed down.
White fir foliage is typically blue-green to silvery gray but green and yellow-green cultivars are also available from specialty nurseries.
Location ...
White Fir
A. concolor are white firs that are native to mountains of southern Oregon, California, southern Rocky Mountains, and Baja California. They are a popular Christmas tree and one of the most commonly grown native firs in Western gardens.
Abies concolor (White fir)
Abies concolor 'Compacta' (Compact white fir)
Abies grandis (Giant fir) ...
Abies concolor, White Fir
Abies grandis, Grand Fir
Abies lasiocarpa, Alpine Fir
Acer circinatum, Vine Maple
Acer macrophyllum, Big-leaf Maple
Arbutus arizonica, Arizona Madrone
Arbutus menziesii, Pacific Madrone ...
The outer skin covers a white firm inner flesh. This vegetable is widely grown to be eaten raw or as a cooked and roasted vegetable.
Abies concolor (White Fir)
Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Abies concolor occurs in all the Four Corners states. It is a handsome tree, which does, however, as this photo indicates, tend to become distorted with age.
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White Fir Abies concolor
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tree and the source of , is native to the Northeast; the Fraser fir, or she-balsam, grows in the Alleghenies and is used as a Christmas tree; and the noble, alpine, and red firs are found at high altitudes and the grand, silver, and white firs on ...
Flowers - short, axillary and terminal drooping racemes, white first and then rosy or scarlet, with a narrow tube. Fruit; oblong, with sharp angles, glabrous, black. Flowers and fruits during May to September.
 See also: Fir, Abies, Green, May, Evergreen
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