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|common_name=Noble fir
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|origin=Oregon, Washington
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The '''Noble Fir''' (''Abies procera'') is a western [[North America]]n [[fir]], native to the [[Cascade Range]] and [[Coast Range]] [[mountain]]s of extreme northwest [[California]] and western [[Oregon]] and [[Washington]] in the [[United States]].
| name = ''Abies nobilis''
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| common_names = Red Fir
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[[Image:Abies procera cone.jpg|thumb|left|Cone]]
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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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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.
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It is a high altitude tree, typically occurring at 300-1,500 m altitude, only rarely reaching [[tree line]].  
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| divisio = Pinophyta
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| classis = Pinopsida
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| ordo = Pinales
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| familia = Pinaceae
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| genus = Abies
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| species = nobilis
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Red Fir. Tree, 150-250 ft.: trunk 6-8 ft. in diam.: lvs. on lower branches grooved above, rounded and emarginate at the apex: cones oblong-cylindrical, purplish or olive-brown, 4-6 in. long; bracts much longer, thin and covering the scales, strongly reflexed, pale green. Cascade and Coast Mts. of Wash, and Ore.; often gregarious.}}
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It is very closely related to [[Red Fir]] (''Abies magnifica''), which replaces it further southeast in southernmost Oregon and California, being best distinguished by the leaves having a groove along the midrib on the upper side; Red Fir does not show this. Red Fir also tends to have the leaves less closely packed, with the shoot bark visible between the leaves, whereas the shoot is largely hidden in Noble Fir. Red Fir cones also mostly have shorter bracts, except in ''Abies magnifica'' var. ''shastensis''; this [[variety (biology)|variety]] is considered by some [[botanist]]s to be a [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] between Noble Fir and Red Fir.
    
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Abies|genus page]].''
 
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Abies|genus page]].''
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==References==
 
==References==
*Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, L.H. Bailey{{SCH}}
   
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
 
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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*American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432
 
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
 
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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