SUBALPINE FIR PINACEAE ABIES LASIOCARPA ABLA INCH BLUISH WHITE BLOOM TIPS SPIRALLY ARRANGED SPECIES MONOECIOUS MALE CONES BORNE BENEATH THE LEAVES FEMALE PURPLE UPRIGHT INCHES TWIG CONE SCALES FALLING THE CONE SEEDS FLAT LEAF SCARS NEEDLES BUDS TERMINAL BUDS GRAYISH GREEN RESIN TURNING GRAY UNBROKEN EXCEPT POCKETS SCATTERED MATURE 100 FEET TALL FEET CROWN DENSE BRANCHES LOOKS PACIFIC SILVER FIR GRAND FIR CALIFORNIA RED FIR NOBLE FIR RANGE NATIVE NORTH REPORTING EXTERNAL LINKS NORTH AMERICA LANDOWNER FACTSHEET USDA PLANTS DATABASE COPYRIGHT VIRGINIA FOREST ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION RIGHTS TEXT JOHN PETERSON