Description
Bundle of 25
At a Glance: Tall, straight, stately evergreen tree up to 260’ tall with greyish-brown bark, usually with white mottles. When young, the bark is smooth with resin blisters, becoming ridged & scaly w/age.
Leaves: 1-2” long, dark-green needles are flat with rounded & notched tips, in two distinct horizontal rows.
Cones: Grand Fir’s pollen cones are yellowish, and seed cones yellowish-green to green, cylindrical, erect, 2-4” long, high in the crown where they fall apart through the autumn.
Growing Conditions:
Sun/Shade Tolerance | Hydrology | Elevation Range |
Full sun 80%-100%
Most sun 60%-80% Part sun/shade 40%-60%
|
Dry
Moist |
Low elevations
Mid elevations |
References:
MacKinnon, A., Pojar, J., & Alaback, P. B. (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Richmond, Wash: Lone Pine Publishing.