96 WOOD AND FOREST. 



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Grand Fin. White Fir. Lowland Fir. Silver Fir. 

 Abies grandis Lindley. 



Ahies, the classical Latin name. 



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Habitat. 



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Habitat: (See map); 

 best in Pnget Sound re- 

 gion. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, in interior 

 100'; diameter, 3'; on 

 coast, 350'-300' high; di- 

 ameter, 3'-5' ; long pend- 

 nlons branches ; bark, 

 quite gray or gray brown, 

 shallow fissures, flat 

 ridges; leaves, shiny 

 green above, silvery be- 

 low, lJ-2"-3" long, roughly 

 two-ranked; cones, cylin- 

 drical, 3"-4" long. 



Appearance of Wood : 



Color, light lu'owu, sap- 

 wood lighter; non-porous; 

 rings, summer cells 

 broader than in other 

 Ainoricau s]iccies, dark 

 colored, conspicuous ; grain 

 straight, coarse; rays, nu- 

 inevoiis. olisciire; resinous. 



