The largest measured tree was 223 feet 68 m tall with a trunk diameter of 12 5 feet 3 8 m.
Silver fir tree identification.
This tree has a number of regional common names including great silver fir giant fir oregon fir lowland white fir vancouver fir western white fir yellow fir and great fir.
For more information about these species see.
Trees by common name trees by scientific name dichotomous key mystery tree.
The silver fir is slender tree that grows to between 130 and 160 ft.
Green on top and white underneath.
40 50 m tall.
The bark is smooth and gray.
Spanish fir abies pinsapo spanish firs have a distinct conical shape and purple cones.
Pacific silver fir abies amabilis click on each photo to enlarge image needles.
100 to 250 feet.
Full sun to part shade.
The balsam fir is north america s northern most fir with an extensive range in canada and primarily grows in the northeastern united states.
Fraser fir is rare in its natural appalachian range but extensively planted and grown for christmas trees.
Citation needed the wood is strong lightweight light colored fine grained even textured and long fibered.
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.