Common Names: Abete bianco americano, abete blanco americano, abeto blanco americano, amerikansk gran, balsam fir, balsam, California great fir, Californische den, giant fir, grand fir, great silver fir, groise tanne, jedle obrovska, kaempegran, kalifornische kustentanne, kalifornische reisentanne, kust-gran, kustgran, lowland fir, lowland white fir, Oregon fir, Oregon white fir, Puget Sound fir, reuzenzilverspar, rough-barked fir, sapin du Vancouver, sapin grandissime, silver fir, tall silver fir, Vancouver den, Vancouver-gran, vancouvergran, western balsam fir

Habitat: White fir reaches its best development and maximum size in the central Sierra Nevada of California, where the record specimen is 58.5 m (192 ft) tall and measures 271 cm (106.6 in) in d.b.h.

Description: The tree is a favorite Christmas tree.

Uses: Lumber, plywood, pulp for paper, framing, sheathing, subflooring, concrete forms, decking, planking, beams, posts, siding, paneling, millwork, prefabricated buildings and structural members, industrial crating and shook, furniture parts, mobile homes

(Info courtesy of www.forestry.about.com)

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