WOOD AND FOREST. 



20 



GRAND FIR. WHITE FIR. LOWLAND FIR. SILVER FIR. 



Abies grandis Lindley. 

 Abies, the classical Latin name. 



Habitat. 



Leaf. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 best in Puget Sound re- 

 gion. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, in interior 

 100'; diameter, 2'; on 

 coast, 250'-300' high; di- 

 ameter, 2'-5'; long pend- 

 ulous branches ; bark, 

 quite gray or gray brown, 

 shallow fissures, flat 

 ridges ; leaves, shiny 

 green above, silvery be- 

 low, l^"-2" long, roughly 

 two-ranked; cones, cylin- 

 drical, 2"-4" long. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, light brown, sap- 

 wood lighter ; non-porous ; 

 rings, summer cells 

 broader than in other 

 American species, dark 

 colored, conspicuous ; grain 

 straight, coarse; rays, nu- 

 merous, obscure; resinous. 



