Pinaceae
Grand fir
Abies grandis
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Abies
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- تنوب كبير
- crh
- Úyken-ládin, Úyken-şîrşî
- Danish
- Grandis, Kæmpe-Ædelgran
- English
- Grand fir, Interior grand fir, Coast grand fir, Giant fir, Great silver fir, Hem fir, Lowland white fir, Oregon fir
- French
- Sapin de Vancouver
- German
- Große Küstentanne, Küstentanne, Riesen-Tanne, Riesentanne
- Italian
- Abete di Vancouver
- Japanese
- アメリカオオモミ
- Latvian
- Lielā baltegle
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kjempe-edelgran
- Russian
- Пихта грандиозная
- Spanish
- Abeto de Vancouver, Abeto de Vancuver, Abeto grande
Synonyms
- Abies aromatica Raf.
- Abies excelsior Franco
- Abies gordoniana Carrière
- Abies grandis f. johnsonii O.V.Matthews
- Abies grandis subsp. idahoensis (Silba) Silba
- Abies grandis var. grandis
- Abies grandis var. idahoensis Silba
- Abies lasiocarpa Lindl. & Gordon
- Abies occidentalis Cinovskis
- Abies parsonsiana Mast.
- Picea grandis (Douglas ex D.Don) Loudon
- Picea parsonsii Gordon
- Pinus grandis Douglas ex D.Don
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Chris Schnepf, University of Idaho, United States, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rockybajada, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Wsiegmund assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Muriel Michael, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: jrsweet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Wsiegmund assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Geotourist Freiburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Drew Meyer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: David Newton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: caroline castle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.