Noble Fir
Abies procera
The largest of the true firs, a high-elevation conifer with stiff blue-green needles and huge upright cones. Prized as a premium Christmas tree and timber, but it needs cool mountain air.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 230–230 ft
- Spacing
- 15–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- mammals, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~117 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, OR, WA
Related native plants
More Abies species
- Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
- White Fir (Abies concolor)
- Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa)
- Grand Fir (Abies grandis)