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Noble Fir
( Abies procera )
Abies procera
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About Noble Fir (Abies procera)
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The Noble Fir (
Abies procera
) is a western North American fir, native to the Cascade Range and Coast Range mountains of extreme northwest California and western Oregon and Washington in the United States. It is a large evergreen tree typically up to 40-70 meter (130-230 feet) tall and 2 meter (6.5 feet) trunk diameter, rarely to 90 meter (295 feet) tall and 2.7 meter (8.9 feet) diameter, with a narrow conic crown. The bark on young trees is smooth, grey, and with resin blisters, becoming red-brown, rough and fissured on old trees. The leaves are needle-like, 1-3.5 centimeter long, waxy pale blue-green and a blunt to notched tip. They are arranged spirally on the shoot, but twisted slightly s-shaped to be upcurved above the shoot. The cones are erect, 11-22 centimeter long, with the Purple scales almost completely hidden by the long yellow-green leaf scales; ripening brown and disintegrating to release the winged seeds in fall.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Tree
Size
25 - 279 ft tall
Form
Upright, Pyramidal
Growth Rate
Fast
Dormancy
Evergreen
Flowering Season
Spring
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 12
likely
* )
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Pine White
Neophasia menapia
Neophasia menapia
*
Brown-lined Looper
Neoalcis californiaria
Neoalcis californiaria
*
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth
Lophocampa argentata
Lophocampa argentata
*
Pale Beauty
Campaea perlata
Campaea perlata
*
Cosmia praeacuta
Cosmia praeacuta
*
Nepytia umbrosaria
Nepytia umbrosaria
*
Behr's Pero Moth
Pero behrensaria
Pero behrensaria
Landscaping Information
Sun
Shade, Part Shade
Nurseries
Carried by 1
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy
Soil Description
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
Propagation
?
For propagating by seed: 2 wks. stratification or, for small lots, scarification (USDA Forest Service 1974).
Sunset Zones
?
1*, 2*, 3*, 4, 5, 6*, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 59.7" - 150.3", Summer Precipitation: 1.51" - 5.47", Coldest Month: 34.8" - 46.7", Hottest Month: 51.8" - 63.4", Humidity: 0.56" - 15.53", Elevation: 56" - 7039"
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Noble Fir
Abies procera
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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