Noble fir

Description

A large fir tree, Abies procera or Abies nobilis, native to the mountains of California, Washington and Oregon. Noble fir produces a light reddish brown timber that is hard and strong with a close-grain texture. It is generally used for wood pulp, plywood, millwork, and flooring.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Abies procera; Abies nobilis; feathercone red fir; bracted red fir; larch tuck-tuck

Additional Information

H. A. Alden, A.C. Wiedenhoeft, "Qualified Determination of Provenance of Wood of the Firs (Abies spp. Mill) Using Microscopic Features of Rays: An Aid to Conservators, Curators and Art Historians" AIC Poster, reprinted online at http://www.si.edu/scmre/abies.html

Authority

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998