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The species has ornamental value in large parks and gardens. [43] It has been commonly used as a Christmas tree since the 1920s, and the trees are typically grown on plantations. [44] The buds have been used to flavor eau de vie, a clear, colorless fruit brandy. [45] Douglas-fir pine leaves can be used to make pine needle tea. [46]
Abies procera. Abies nobilis (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl. nom. illeg. Abies procera, the noble fir, also called red fir and Christmas tree, [3] is a species of fir native to the Cascade Range and Pacific Coast Ranges of the northwestern Pacific Coast of the United States. It occurs at altitudes of 300–1,500 meters (980–4,920 ft).
Abies grandis is a large evergreen conifer growing to 40–70 metres (130–230 feet) tall, exceptionally 100 m (330 ft), with a trunk diameter of up to 2 m ( 2 ft). The dead tree tops sometimes fork into new growth. [3] The bark is 5 centimetres (2 inches) thick, reddish to gray (but purple within), furrowed, and divided into slender plates. [3]
Abies magnifica is a large evergreen tree typically up to 40–60 metres (130–200 ft) tall and 2 m (6 ft 7 in) trunk diameter, rarely to 76.5 m (251 ft) tall and 3 m (9 ft 10 in) diameter, with a narrow conic crown. The bark on young trees is smooth, grey, and has resin blisters, becoming orange-red, rough and fissured on old trees.
Tsuga douglasii (Sabine ex D.Don) Carrière. Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii, commonly known as Coast Douglas-fir, Pacific Douglas-fir, Oregon pine, or Douglas spruce, is an evergreen conifer native to western North America from west-central British Columbia, Canada southward to central California, United States.
Between 2005 and 2020, the total number of tree farms in Oregon — the country’s top producer of natural Christmas trees, accounting for about one-third of sales in 2019 — plummeted from ...
Abies amabilis, commonly known as the Pacific silver fir, is a fir native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, occurring in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range. It is also commonly referred to in English as the white fir, red fir, lovely fir, amabilis fir, Cascades fir, or silver fir. [2] [3] The species name is Latin for 'lovely'.
Balsam fir is a small to medium-size evergreen tree typically 14–20 metres (46–66 ft) tall, occasionally reaching a height of 27 metres (89 ft). The narrow conic crown consists of dense, dark-green leaves. The bark on young trees is smooth, grey, and with resin blisters (which tend to spray when ruptured), becoming rough and fissured or ...