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Abies concolor, the white fir, concolor fir, or Colorado fir, is a coniferous tree in the pine family Pinaceae. This tree is native to the mountains of western North America, including the Sierra Nevada and southern Rocky Mountains, and into the isolated mountain ranges of southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Northern Mexico. It naturally occurs ...
Close-up view of Fraser fir foliage. Abies fraseri is a small evergreen coniferous tree typically growing between 30 and 50 ft (10 and 20 m) tall and rarely to 80 ft (20 m), with a trunk diameter of 16–20 in (41–51 cm), rarely 30 in (80 cm).
The genus name is derived from the Latin "to rise" in reference to the height of its species. [6] The common English name originates with the Old Norse fyri or the Old Danish fyr. [7] They are large trees, reaching heights of 10–80 metres (33–262 feet) tall with trunk diameters of 0.5–4 m (1 ft 8 in – 13 ft 1 in) when mature.
Other names for this tree have included Oregon pine, [7] British Columbian pine, [8] Puget Sound pine, [8] Douglas spruce, [8] false hemlock, [7] red fir, [7] or red pine [7] (although again red pine may refer to a different tree species, Pinus resinosa, and red fir may refer to Abies magnifica).
The growth form is straight, with a conical crown from 12–30 m (39–98 ft) broad, and a strong and spreading root system. The bark is deeply ridged, composed of thin, woodlike plates separating heavy layers of cork; bark of trees over 1 m (3.3 ft) in diameter is from 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in) thick. The main branches are long and spreading ...
Conifer is a Latin word, a compound of conus (cone) and ferre (to bear), meaning "the one that bears (a) cone(s)". The division name Pinophyta conforms to the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN), which state (Article 16.1) that the names of higher taxa in plants (above the rank of family) are ...
The general shape of the tree is conical with tiered, [5] horizontal branches that are often somewhat pendulous toward the tips. Cunninghamia bears softly spined, leathery, stiff, green to blue-green needle-like leaves that spiral around the stem with an upward arch; they are 2–7cm long and 3–5mm broad at the base, and bear two white or greenish white stomatal bands underneath and ...
The tree is a large evergreen conifer growing to 30–50 metres (98–164 feet), exceptionally 72 m (236 ft) tall, [2] [4] and with a trunk diameter of up to 1.2 m (4 ft), exceptionally 2.3 m (7 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft). The bark on younger trees is light grey, thin and covered with resin blisters. [5] On older trees, it darkens and develops scales and ...
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