| Scientific Name: | Abies amabilis |
| Common Name: | Amabilis fir, Pacific silver fir |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Forestry |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Leathery, Glaucous, Lustrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Brown, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Purple, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Branches tiered; buds brown with violet wax, spherical, 6-9mm wide; needles flat, spreading forward and upward in two rows, dark green, 2 white stomatal lines or glaucous undersides, (0.7-)1-2.5(-4.0)cm long x 1-3mm wide; seed cones erect, ovoid-cylindrical, resinous, purple-grey maturing brown, most 8-10cm long x 4-5cm wide; scales deciduous about 2 x 2cm, finely pubescent, bracts hidden and about half the length of scales; seeds light brown, 10-12mm long x 4mm wide with wing about 1cm long; cotyledons 4-7. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Abies_amabilis.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |