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|species=procera
|species=procera
|common_name=Noble fir
|common_name=Noble fir
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=tree
|habit=tree
|Min ht box=80
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max ht box=150
|Max ht box=150
|Max ht metric=ft
|Max ht metric=ft
|Min wd box=20
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=30
|Max wd box=28
|Max wd metric=ft
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|origin=Oregon, Washington
|origin=Oregon, Washington
|lifespan=perennial
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=moist
|water=moist
|features=evergreen
|features=evergreen
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=5
|min_zone=4
|max_zone=6
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=9
|image=Abies procera1.jpg
|image=Abies procera1.jpg
|image_width=200
|image_width=200
[[Image:Abies procera cone.jpg|thumb|left|Cone]]
[[Image:Abies procera cone.jpg|thumb|left|Cone]]
It is a large [[evergreen]] [[tree]] typically up to 40-70 m (130-230 ft.) tall and 2 m (6.5 ft.) trunk diameter, rarely to 90 m (295 ft.) tall and 2.7 m (8.9 ft.) diameter<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.conifers.org/pi/ab/procera.htm | title = Gymnosperm Database - ''Abies procera'' | accessdate= 2008-06-28}}</ref>, with a narrow conic crown. The [[bark]] on young trees is smooth, grey, and with [[resin]] blisters, becoming red-brown, rough and fissured on old trees. The [[leaf|leaves]] are needle-like, 1-3.5 cm long, glaucous blue-green above and below with strong [[stomata]]l bands, and a blunt to notched tip. They are arranged spirally on the shoot, but twisted slightly s-shaped to be upcurved above the shoot. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are erect, 11-22 cm long, with the purple scales almost completely hidden by the long exserted yellow-green bract scales; ripening brown and disintegrating to release the winged [[seed]]s in fall.
It is a large [[evergreen]] [[tree]] typically up to 40-70 m (130-230 ft.) tall and 2 m (6.5 ft.) trunk diameter, rarely to 90 m (295 ft.) tall and 2.7 m (8.9 ft.) diameter<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.conifers.org/pi/ab/procera.htm | title = Gymnosperm Database - ''Abies procera'' | accessdate= 2008-06-28}}</ref>, with a narrow conic crown. The [[bark]] on young trees is smooth, grey, and with [[resin]] blisters, becoming red-brown, rough and fissured on old trees. The [[leaf|leaves]] are needle-like, 1-3.5 cm long, glaucous blue-green above and below with strong [[stomata]]l bands, and a blunt to notched tip. They are arranged spirally on the shoot, but twisted slightly s-shaped to be upcurved above the shoot. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are erect, 11-22 cm long, with the purple scales almost completely hidden by the long exserted yellow-green bract scales; ripening brown and disintegrating to release the winged [[seed]]s in fall.
It is a high altitude tree, typically occurring at 300-1,500 m altitude, only rarely reaching [[tree line]].
It is a high altitude tree, typically occurring at 300-1,500 m altitude, only rarely reaching [[tree line]].
