Grand Fir

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Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Read about Grand Fir in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

(A. amabilis, Murr., not Forbes. A. Gordoniana, Carr. Picea grandis, Loud.). Tree, 200-300 ft.: trunk becoming 4 ft. in diam.: lvs. thin and flexible, deeply grooved, very dark green above and silvery white beneath: cones cylindrical, 2-4 in. long, rounded or retuse at the apex, the broad scales somewhat squarrose and irregularly serrate and furnished with a short point. Coast of N. Calif, to Vancouver Isl. and to the western slopes of the Rocky Mts. of Mont. —Occasional specimens are seen in choice grounds, but it rarely does well in the eastern states.

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Varieties

  • Abies grandis var. idahoensis - Interior Grand Fir or Giant Fir

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