Scientific Name:	Abies amabilis
Pronunciation:	AY-beez uh-MAB-uh-liss
Common Name:	Amabilis fir, Pacific silver fir
Family Name:	Pinaceae
Plant Type:	Conifer
Key ID Features:	Branches tiered; needles flat, dark green, 2 white lines underneath, spreading forward and upward, spirally arranged, most 1-2.5 (-4.5) cm x 1-3 mm; female cones erect, ovoid-cylindrical, resinous, purple-grey before turning brown, most 8-10 cm x 4-5 cm with deciduous scales about 2 x 2 cm, finely pubescent, bracts shorty and usually hidden between the scales. Winter ID: buds small, spherical, brown, with violet wax.
Course(s):	HORT 1155

Habit: Upright Form: Pyramidal - narrowly Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: > 30m Spread: 10 - 15m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Forestry Additional Info: Google.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Needle-like Arrangement: Spiraled Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Lustrous Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Emarginate Margins: Entire Additional Info: orange scented when crushed

Inflorescence Type: n/a (male cone) Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Colour (petals): Male Cone, Brown, (red, maturing to yellow) Flower Time at Peak: Mar, Apr

Fruit Type: Cone (winged seeds) Fruit Colour: Brown, Purple Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Showy, Seeds 10-12 x 4 mm, wing about as long as seed; cotyledons 4-7, short, blunt, smooth edge.

Bark Morphology: Smooth Bark or Stem Colour: White, Grey Additional Info: reddish-grey scaly plates form with age     Leaf Bud Type: Rounded or globular Organ Modifications: Ectomycorrhizae

Propagation:	Seed
Pest Susceptibility:	Root rot, Blight or needle cast

Location(s): (NRY) NuRserY (TFL) Turf Field Lab (TFLW) Turf Field Lab West (WDH) Wark-Dumais House : east of Picea abies Location Map

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