Pinaceae
Noble fir
Abies procera
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Abies
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- شوح نبيل, تنوب طويل
- arz
- شوح طويل
- Chinese
- 壮丽冷杉
- crh
- Soylî-narus, Soylî-ládin, Soylî-şîrşî
- Croatian
- Plemenita jela
- Czech
- Jedle vznešená
- Danish
- Sølv-Gran, Nobilis, Sølvgran
- Dutch
- Nobilis spar, Nobilisspar, Edele zilverspar
- English
- Noble fir, Christmas tree, Red fir
- Estonian
- Hõbenulg, Kaunis nulg
- Finnish
- Aitopihta
- French
- Sapin noble, Sapin de l'Orégon
- German
- Edel-Tanne, Edeltanne, Blaue Edel-Tanne, Pazifische Edel-Tanne, Pazifische Edeltanne
- Hebrew
- אשוח אציל
- Hungarian
- Nemes jegenyefenyő
- Icelandic
- Eðalþinur
- Japanese
- ノーブルモミ
- Lithuanian
- Kvapusis kėnis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Nobelgran, Nobel-edelgran
- Persian
- نراد اصیل
- Polish
- Jodła szlachetna
- Russian
- Пихта благородная
- Slovenian
- Srebrna jelka
- Spanish
- Abeto azul de Oregon, Abeto azul de Oregón, Abeto noble, Abeto procer, Abeto prócer
- Swedish
- Kaskadgran
- udm
- Благородной ньылпу
- Welsh
- Ffynidwydden urddasol
Synonyms
- Abies nobilis (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl.
- Abies nobilis var. argentea Freudenberg
- Abies nobilis var. compacta Chitt.
- Abies nobilis var. glauca (Ravenscr.) Carrière
- Abies nobilis var. glaucophylla Sudw.
- Abies nobilis var. prostrata Chitt. ex Hornibr.
- Abies nobilis var. robusta (Veitch ex Carrière) Beissn.
- Abies procera f. glauca (Ravenscr.) Rehder
- Abies procera f. prostrata (Chitt. ex Hornibr.) Rehder
- Picea nobilis (Douglas ex D.Don) Loudon
- Picea nobilis var. glauca Ravenscr.
- Pinus nobilis Douglas ex D.Don
- Pinus nobilis f. glauca (Ravenscr.) Voss
- Pseudotsuga nobilis (Douglas ex D.Don) W.R.McNab
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zachary Dankowicz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: tlp12345, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Nathan Van Cooten, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: okyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ben Sims, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: joerg.suenderhauf, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Drew Meyer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: quinn.anya on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.