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There are two or three taxa in subalpine fir, treated very differently by different authors: . The Coast Range subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) [4] in the narrow sense, is the typical form of the species, occurring in the Pacific Coast Ranges, the Olympic Mountains and the Cascade Range from Southeast Alaska (Panhandle mountains) south to California.
The Pink Fir Apple potato is a maincrop potato variety with a long knobbly shape, pink skin, and creamy waxy flesh. [1] Its shape makes it difficult to peel, [ 2 ] unless boiled before peeling. Pink Fir Apple potato was first imported to the United Kingdom from France in 1850, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and in 1996 was crossed with the Désirée variety to ...
Native Americans used both grand fir and white fir, powdering the bark or pitch to treat tuberculosis or skin ailments; [4] the Nlaka'pamux used the bark to cover lodges and make canoes, and branches were used as bedding. [4] The inner bark of the grand fir was used by some Plateau Indian tribes for treating colds and fever. [8]
Cryphalus piceae, the small fir bark beetle, is a tiny bark beetle, about 1.7 mm long that is found in central and southern Europe. It infests mainly fir ( Abies ) and spruce trees ( Picea ) and occasionally can cause damage to branches and young trees, including tree death.
The Douglas squirrel harvests and hoards great quantities of Douglas-fir cones, and also consumes mature pollen cones, the inner bark, terminal shoots, and developing young needles. [ 13 ] Mature or "old-growth" Douglas-fir forest is the primary habitat of the red tree vole ( Arborimus longicaudus ) and the spotted owl ( Strix occidentalis ).
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Many are also decorative garden trees, notably Korean fir and Fraser's fir, which produce brightly coloured cones even when very young, still only 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall. Many fir species are grown in botanic gardens and other specialist tree collections in Europe and North America.
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