{"id":25,"date":"2013-08-22T16:19:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T23:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/trees\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-03-20T08:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:34:52","slug":"true-firs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/true-firs\/","title":{"rendered":"True Firs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trees in the genus\u00a0<i>Abies<\/i>\u00a0are called &#8220;true firs&#8221; to distinguish them from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/douglas-fir\/\">Douglas-fir<\/a>\u00a0and other trees with similar names. All of the true firs are evergreen. North America has 9 of the 40 species that occur worldwide in the Northern Hemisphere. This genus tends to be conical with more or less whorled branches. All trees in this genus have needle-like leaves and cones that stand erect on the limbs until disintegrating in late summer.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<ul class=\"childPages\"><li><h2><span class=\"commonname\">Grand Fir<\/h2><span class=\"scientificNameValue\">Scientific name: Abies grandis <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"childContent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABGR1_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-496 alignleft\" alt=\"Grand Fir\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABGR1_lg-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABGR1_lg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABGR1_lg.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABGR2_lg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-497 alignleft\" alt=\"Grand Fir\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABGR2_lg1-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABGR2_lg1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABGR2_lg1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nA native fir found throughout the Willamette valley and western Oregon. It only makes up a small percentage of the total forests, but it is very tolerant of shade and tends to produce the final stage of forest succession.<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/true-firs\/grand-fir\/\">View tree page and map.<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><h2><span class=\"commonname\">Noble Fir<\/h2><span class=\"scientificNameValue\">Scientific name: Abies procera <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"childContent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABPR1_lg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-499 alignleft\" alt=\"Noble Fir\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABPR1_lg1-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABPR1_lg1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABPR1_lg1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABPR2_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-500 alignleft\" alt=\"Noble Fir\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABPR2_lg-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABPR2_lg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABPR2_lg.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nA somewhat fast growing evergreen native to the northwestern United States, this fir is blue-green in color and thrives in cool, damp climates. Its cones are distinctive: cylindrical, green to olive-brown, bracts longer than the cone scales. A close-up look at the needles of this tree will show white bands on both sides; this gives the Noble Fir its bluish color.<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/true-firs\/noble-fir\/\">View tree page and map.<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><h2><span class=\"commonname\">Turkish Fir<\/h2><span class=\"scientificNameValue\">Scientific name: Abies bornmulleriana<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"childContent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABBO2_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-503 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABBO2_lg-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Turkish Fir\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABBO2_lg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABBO2_lg.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABBO1_lg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-502 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABBO1_lg1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Turkish Fir\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABBO1_lg1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABBO1_lg1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nOccurs in a population disjunct from Nordmann fir at high elevations in northwestern Turkey.<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/true-firs\/abies\/\">View tree page and map.<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><h2><span class=\"commonname\">White Fir<\/h2><span class=\"scientificNameValue\">Scientific name: Abies concolor<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"childContent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABCO1_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-505 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABCO1_lg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"White Fir\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABCO1_lg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/ABCO1_lg.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/IMG_1690-white-fir-e1411425423506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2041\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/IMG_1690-white-fir-e1411425423506-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1690 white fir\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/IMG_1690-white-fir-e1411425423506-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/08\/IMG_1690-white-fir-e1411425423506-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>This hardy species of fir does well in hot, dry conditions. The needles are blue-green in color and longer than other North American firs. They are often upswept on the branch, resembling the ribs of a boat. This species is native to mountain slopes from Oregon to Baja, California, and east to New Mexico.<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/true-firs\/white-fur\/\">View tree page and map.<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trees in the genus\u00a0Abies\u00a0are called &#8220;true firs&#8221; to distinguish them from the\u00a0Douglas-fir\u00a0and other trees with similar names. All of the true firs are evergreen. North America has 9 of the 40 species that occur worldwide in the Northern Hemisphere. This&nbsp;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/true-firs\/white-fur\/\">finish&nbsp;reading&nbsp;White Fir<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"trees_template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1859,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/1859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}