Pinaceae
Pacific silver fir
Abies amabilis
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Abies
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- شوح مستحب
- arz
- شوح مستحب
- Chinese
- 太平洋冷杉, 温哥华冷杉
- Croatian
- Grimizna jela
- Czech
- Jedle líbezná
- English
- Pacific silver fir, Amabilis fir, Cascades fir, Lovely fir, Red fir, Silver fir, White fir
- Esperanto
- Gracia abio
- Estonian
- Õilis nulg
- Finnish
- Purppurapihta
- French
- Sapin gracieux
- German
- Purpur-Tanne
- Hebrew
- אשוח חינני
- Hungarian
- Szitka jegenyefenyő
- Icelandic
- Silfurþinur
- Japanese
- ウツクシモミ
- Lithuanian
- Purpurinis kėnis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Purpuredelgran
- Persian
- نراد سیمین اقیانوس آرام
- Polish
- Jodła wonna
- Russian
- Пихта миловидная
Synonyms
- Abies grandis Hook.
- Abies grandis var. densifolia Engelm.
- Picea amabilis Douglas ex Loudon
- Pinus amabilis (Douglas ex Loudon) Parl.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mara Christensen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Todd Folsom, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leonel Richard, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Beaumont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Beaumont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.