Difference between revisions of "Pacific Silver Fir"

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|species=amabilis
 
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|common_name=Pacific Silver Fir, White Fir
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|common_name=Pacific Silver Fir, White Fir, Beautiful fir
 
|habit=tree
 
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|origin=S Alaska to N California
 
|origin=S Alaska to N California
 
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Revision as of 15:10, 27 June 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: 70 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 70. to 100 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 100.
Width: 12 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. to 20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: S Alaska to N California
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
USDA Zones: 5 to 9
Scientific Names

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Read about Pacific Silver Fir in the 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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