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Scientific Name: | Abies grandis |
Common Name: | grand fir |
Family Name: | Pinaceae |
Origin: | B.C. east of Cascades, B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
Plant Type: | Conifer |
Mature Size: | > 30m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Columnar, Pyramidal - narrowly |
Texture: | Medium - fine |
Landscape Uses: | Forestry, Specimen plant |
Exposure: | Full sun, Filtered shade |
Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
Leaves: | Needle-like, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lustrous, Distinctive smell, Linear, Entire |
Flowers: | Brown, Mar-Apr |
Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves 2-ranked, flexible, flat, linear, (2-)3-6cm long x 1.5-2.5 wide, lengths vary along branch or with distinct long and short needles intermixed like a comb, grooved midrib with 5-7 stomatal rows on undersurface on each side of midrib, apex distinctly notched (rarely rounded); seed cones erect, cylindric, 5-7(-12)cm long x 3-3.5cm wide, light green, dark blue, deep purple, or gray-brown, sessile, apex rounded; scales 2-2.5 x 2-2.5cm, densely pubescent; bracts do not protrude; seeds light brown, 6-8mm long x 3-4mm wide with wing 9-12mm long; seedlings with (4)5-6(7) cotyledons. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Abies_grandis.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> |