Pacific Silver Fir

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Abies amabilis
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 Pacific Silver Fir, White Fir
Habit: tree
Height: 100-150 ft.CH
Width: 4-6 ft. trunkCH
Lifespan: perennial
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

White Fir. Tree, 100-150 ft.: trunk 4-6 ft. in diam.: lvs. crowded, dark green and very lustrous above, silvery white below, occasionally stomatiferous on the upper surface: cones oblong, dark purple, 3 1/2 - 6 in. long; bracts much shorter than their scales. Cascade Mts. of Wash, and Ore., and Coast Ranges from Vancouver Isl. to Ore. —One of the handsomest of the genus, often forming groves at high elevations; in cult, grows slowly, and is not satisfactory.

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