Pinaceae
California red fir
Abies magnifica
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Abies
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- شوح بهي
- arz
- شوح بهى
- Bulgarian
- Великолепна ела
- Catalan
- Avet roig californià
- Chinese
- 紅果冷杉, 红冷杉
- crh
- Kîrmîzî-narus, Kîrmîzî-ládin, Kîrmîzî-şîrşî
- Czech
- Jedle nádherná
- English
- California red fir, Red fir, Silvertip fir
- Estonian
- Tore nulg
- Finnish
- Komeapihta
- French
- Sapin rouge
- German
- Pracht-Tanne
- Hebrew
- אשוח אדום
- Icelandic
- Rauðþinur
- Japanese
- カリフォルニアアカモミ
- Lithuanian
- Didingasis kėnis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Praktedelgran
- Persian
- نراد سرنقرهای
- Polish
- Jodła wspaniała
- Russian
- Пихта великолепная
- Swedish
- Praktgran
- Ukrainian
- Ялиця прекрасна
Synonyms
- Abies amabilis var. magnifica (A.Murray bis) Lavallée
- Abies campylocarpa A.Murray bis
- Abies magnifica f. glauca (Beissn.) Rehder
- Abies magnifica var. argentea Beissn.
- Abies magnifica var. glauca Beissn.
- Abies nobilis var. magnifica (A.Murray bis) Kellogg
- Picea magnifica (A.Murray bis) Gordon
- Picea nobilis var. magnifica (A.Murray bis) J.Nelson
- Pinus campylocarpa (A.Murray bis) Voss
- Pinus magnifica (A.Murray bis) W.R.McNab
- Pseudotsuga magnifica (A.Murray bis) W.R.McNab
Flowers
- Flower colour
- brown (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Tyler Karaszewski from Alameda, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Russell Neches from Davis, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ilya Katsnelson from Mountain View, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Iwona Erskine-Kellie from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Iwona Erskine-Kellie from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.