The coastal fir (Abies grandis) (Syn.: A. excelsior), also giant fir mentioned, is a kind of coniferous tree of the firs (Abies) from that the (Pinaceae).

Spreading

The coastal fir is domestic in the western North America. Their circulation area is enough along the Pacific coast of Vancouver Iceland and from British Colombia over Washington and Oregon to northwest California. Separated from it it occurs also inland east to Idaho and west Montana.

The coastal fir rises in altitudes of 1600 meters of NN. It prefers deep, nutrient-rich, damp however well drained soils. Often it grows along rivers. It forms pure existence or mixed woodlands with the douglas fir, the westAmerican larch, the Sitka spruce and the westAmerican Hemlocktanne.

In Central Europe the coastal fir is one of the forstlich most important wood, particularly in the Atlantic climatic area. On the one hand it is very starting from the fifth Lebensjahr it forms Jahrestriebe up to a meter of length and increases accordingly also rapidly in the master diameter. It can reach a height of 40 meters and a diameter of 50 centimeters within 50 years. On the other hand it is more tolerant in relation to the location than the white fir. The low quality of the wood, which is usually used due to its softness only for the paper trade, is unfavorable, and its susceptibility opposite wurzelpathogenen mushrooms like the Hallimasch.

Description

The coastal fir reaches stature heights up to 85 meters and master diameters up to 2.5 meters. Their maximum age is with 300 Jahren.Die crust is with young trees brownish-grey with resin blisters, by old trees blunt grey to magenta grey and into small fields breaking. The dunkelpurpurnen, resin-stuck together buds are with 2 mm very small and under the needles hidden. The needles are very flat clever ELT and in two levels arranged. The upper row is centimeters shorter with 1,6 to 3 than the lower with 2,5 to 5.5 centimeters. The needles smell ground aromatically to oranges. The bloom time of the coastal fir is appropriate for winged seeds from April to May, which a centimeter is enough, matures in September. They sit in 6 to 12 centimeters long, cylindrical taps, which mature first lightgreen and in condition are red-brown.

Large coastal fir

• Giant fir at the Duckabush River Trail, Olympic national park, WA.: Height of 77 meters, master diameters of 185 centimeters, master volume 68.3 m 1 (1988)
• Fir at the Chilliwack River, BC.: Height of 75 meters, master diameters of 220 centimeters
• Giant fir in the Glacier peak Wilderness, WA.: Height of 81.4 meters, master diameters of 158 centimeters, master volume 53.0 m (1993

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