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
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>