Puget Sound Native Tree
Botanical Garden
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Introduced CONIFERS
National Champions
Noble Fir
Champion Tree Statistics
HEIGHT
DIAMETER
AGE
290'
8.5'
400-600
Typical Large Mature Tree Dimensions
Height
Diameter
200 FEET
4 FEET
300-500 YEARS
AGE
The Introduced CONIFERS
of the
Puget Sound Native Tree
Botanical Garden
Noble Fir
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Introduced to the property in 2010. getting established in 2020.
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Introduced CONIFERS
DOLPHIN PLACE Specimens
Noble Fir
6 feet
2 "
2017
HIEGHT
DIAMETER
YEAR AQUIRED
within 70 miles, Cascades
Provenance
Needles
Noble fir needles are distinctive: they're blue-green, about 1-1.5 inches long, flattened with a groove on top, and curve upwards, giving them a "hockey stick" shape that sweeps away from the branch, often with two silvery-white lines on the underside, creating a soft, combed appearance ideal for Christmas trees
Cones
Noble fir cones are large, cylindrical, and grow upright on branches, featuring unique, protruding, "whiskery" bracts that stick out from the scales, giving them a distinct feathery look, and they typically disintegrate on the tree, so finding whole cones on the ground is rare. They start green or purple and ripen to brown, revealing those prominent bracts before falling apart to release seeds
Bark
Noble fir bark starts smooth, gray, and blistered when young, then transitions with age to a rough, reddish-brown texture with thick, furrowed plates and narrow ridges, sometimes appearing scaly or blocky.
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