Difference between revisions of "Red fir"

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Plant Characteristics
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Scientific Names
Pinaceae >	Abies >	magnifica >

Read about Red fir in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Red Fir. Tree, 200-250 ft.: trunk 6-10 ft. in diam.: lvs. quadrangular, bluntly pointed on sterile and acute on fertile branches: cones oblong-cylindrical, purplish brown, 6-9 in. long; bracts much shorter than the scales. Sierra Nevada of Calif.; gregarious and forming great forests. —Wood occasionally manufactured into lumber. Less hardy in the eastern states than A. nobilis. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Var. shastensis, of S. Ore. and N. Calif., cones somewhat smaller, with bracts as long as or longer than the scales.

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