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Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
Common name:
ffynidwydden fawr, grand fir, giant fir, lowland white fir, great silver fir
Family:
Pinaceae (binwydden / pine)
Distribution:
California to Canada
Habitat:
Forest
IUCN Red list:
Least concern
Hardiness:
(H7) Very hardy. < -20°C (USDA 6a-1)
Life form:
Evergreen tree • Coeden bythwyrdd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Abies (A-bees): Abeo (rising-one; the ancient Latin name for a tall tree or ship).
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
grandis (GRAN-dis): Large, spectacular.
Description:
A fast-growing, tall conifer with a narrow conical habit. The flattened, needle-like leaves are dark green above with two silvery-grey bands below. Cones up to10cm long are bright green when young before ripening to a reddish-brown.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
Wallace Garden-Timeline/Gardd Wallace-Llinell Amser 10
(WAL10)
• Accession: 2016-0173*B • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual