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Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Avery Co., NC 26 July 2006 Found at high elevations in NC, this small to medium sized tree has become one of the most popular kinds of Christmas tree. |
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Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Avery Co., NC 26 July 2006 Firs are distinctive in having a very round needle base where it attaches to the stem. |
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Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Fir cones are held upright rather than hanging pendulously. |
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Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Fraser Fir cone close up. |
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Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Clearwater Co., ID 12 May 2010 Note the rounded attachment point of the needle to the twig as is found in all firs. Grand Fir is native to the North American Pacific NW. |
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Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Clearwater Co., ID 12 May 2010 |
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Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Clearwater Co., ID 12 May 2010 Needles are strongly two-ranked in this species, giving an appearance of flattened branches. |
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Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Clearwater Co., ID 9 May 2012 |
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Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Clearwater Co., ID 9 May 2012 |
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Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Clearwater Co., ID 9 May 2012 |
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Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Clearwater Co., ID 12 May 2010 A popular log for saw timber, Grand Fir is the larger log with Douglas-fir being the smaller log to the upper left. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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