Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae > Abies > Abies amabilisAbies amabilis (Pacific silver fir; Lovely fir; Red fir; Cascades fir)Synonyms: Abies grandis (heterotypic); Abies grandis var. densifolia; Picea amabilis (homotypic); Pinus amabilis (homotypic); Thuja gigantea Language: Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita Abies amabilis, commonly known as the Pacific Silver Fir, is a fir native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, occurring in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range from the extreme southeast of Alaska, through western British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, to the extreme northwest of California. It is also commonly referred to as the White Fir, Red Fir, Lovely Fir, Amabilis Fir, Cascades Fir, or Silver Fir. It grows at altitudes of sea level to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in the north of the range, and 1,000–2,300 m (3,300–7,500 ft) in the south of the range, always in temperate rain forest with relatively high precipitation and cool, humid summers. Common associate trees are Douglas Fir and in the extreme southern area of its range, California buckeye. |
Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | Allergen Potential [1] | Low | Carbon Capture [1] | Medium-Low | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | Screening - Winter [2] | Dense | Shade Percentage [1] | 91 % | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium-High | | Bloom Period [2] | Late Spring | Drought Tolerance [2] | Low | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Fire Tolerance [2] | None | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | Frost Free Days [2] | 90 days | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Low | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | Growth Rate [2] | Slow | Janka Hardness [4] | 430 lbf (195 kgf) Very Soft | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Pollinators [3] | Wind | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Seed | Root Depth [2] | 36 inches (91 cm) | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | Seed Vigor [2] | Low | Seeds Per [2] | 11280 / lb (24868 / kg) | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | Specific Gravity [5] | 0.43 | Structure [3] | Tree | Usage [3] | The boughs are fragrant and can be hung in the home as an air freshener;
Wood - hard, light, not strong, close grained, not very durable. It is used for framing small buildings but is not strong enough for larger buildings. It is also used for crates, pulp etc;
This tree yields the resin 'Canadian Balsam'; The report does not mention the uses of this balsam, but the following are the ways that it is used when obtained from A. balsamea:-
The balsamic resin 'Balm of Gilead'; Another report says that it is a turpentine; It is used medicinally and in dentistry, also in the manufacture of glues, candles and as a cement for microscopes and slides - it has a high refractive index resembling that of glass; The average yield is about 8 - 10 oz per tree; The resin is also a fixative in soaps and perfumery; | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | Foliage Color [2] | Gray-Green | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | Fall Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | Height [3] | 98 feet (30 m) | Width [3] | 16.4 feet (5 m) | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°) | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°) | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Shady | Soil Acidity [2] | Very Acid | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | Water Use [1] | Low | View Plants For A Future Record : Abies amabilis |
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Bruce Peninsula National Park |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
II |
234333 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Forillon National Park |
II |
61010 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Gros Morne National Park |
II |
476632 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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H.J. Andrews Biosphere Reserve |
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15815 |
Oregon, United States |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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La Mauricie National Park |
II |
131706 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve |
II |
20461 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Olympic Biosphere Reserve |
II |
922805 |
Washington, United States |
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Pacific Rim National Park Reserve |
II |
137900 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Prince Edward Island National Park |
II |
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Prince Edward Island, Canada |
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Pukaskwa National Park |
II |
459860 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park National Marine Conservation Area |
II |
310822 |
Canada |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Terra Nova National Park |
IV |
125894 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 8Tamiasciurus douglasii, Michael A. Steele, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 630, pp. 1-8 (1999) ♦ 9Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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