Silver fir is the species first used as a christmas tree but has been largely replaced by nordmann fir which has denser more attractive foliage norway spruce which is much cheaper to grow and other species.
Silver fir tree identification.
Trees by common name trees by scientific name dichotomous key mystery tree.
The bark is smooth and gray.
Pacific silver fir abies amabilis click on each photo to enlarge image needles.
Fraser fir is rare in its natural appalachian range but extensively planted and grown for christmas trees.
European silver fir is a large evergreen coniferous species of tree that grows to mature heights of 130 to 165 feet 40 50 m tall exceptionally to 200 feet 60 m with with a trunk diameter of up to 5 feet 1 5 m wide measured at breast height.
40 50 m tall.
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100 to 250 feet.
Green on top and white underneath.
Spanish fir abies pinsapo spanish firs have a distinct conical shape and purple cones.
The silver fir is slender tree that grows to between 130 and 160 ft.
The needles on the twigs are dark green on the upper side with 2 white stomata bands on the underside.
The largest measured tree was 223 feet 68 m tall with a trunk diameter of 12 5 feet 3 8 m.
Western firs are the pacific silver fir california red fir noble fir grand fir and white fir.
The balsam fir is north america s northern most fir with an extensive range in canada and primarily grows in the northeastern united states.