Grand fir - Abies grandis ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Sub-family: Abietoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Abies grandis
Common name: Grand fir

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Rijs, Netherlands - 29 May 2017 (more photos)

Origin
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Washington & British Colombia
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
timber
Harvest method:
total removing
Shelf life:
no shelf life
Yield first season:
15 m3/ha/year
Yield top season:
1000 m3/100years
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
no part
inedible
Medicinal
no part
no effect
 - n/a -
0%
0%
 medicals
Lipids leaves
(steam distillation
)
medium
Fir giant oil
0.5%
1.0%
 liphids
Apiculture:
inapplicable
 honey
Fruit:
inedible
 fruits
Nut:
inedible
 nuts
Fodder:
inapplicable
 fodder
Wood stem / wood
fair
450ρ 460ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 4 credits 4,200 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • ornamental
  • mulch
  • oil
  • repellent/pesticide

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Plant Details
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The species is recognized by those needles (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
70
 m tallest
Crown width:
10
 m widest
Planting distance:
120
 cm
Row distance:
120
 cm
Growing speed:
very fast
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
shade tolerant
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
shallow
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
ecto-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
Amanita muscaria
 M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 0 - 0 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
30
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
250
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):
- No ICM -

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: monoecious
 specials
Pollinators:
wind
 specials
Allelopathy: a bit allelopathic resists
Abscission: evergreen specials
Invasiveness: a bit invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 300 m 600m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 0°C 10°C 15°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 500 mm 1500 mm 2,500 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 6.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
sand
Climate:
temperate

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
stratificant
Seed viability:
5
 months
Seed weight:
45,000
55,000
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
tolerant
 tolerants
Fire tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
  • Adelges piceae
  • Barbara colfaxiana
  • Choristoneura occidentalis
  • Dryocoetes confusus
  • Orgyia pseudotsugata
  • Scolytus ventralis

 Diseases:
Indian paint fungus

Propagation instruction
  • (1) Store harvested seeds moisty at a chilling temperature of 3-7 degrees C for 2-4 months.
  • (2) Soak the seeds overnight in warm water before sowing.
  • (3) press the seeds twice its size in the soil soil.
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(more photos) Sneek, Netherlands - 15 September 2016
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Additional Photos
Stem photo: Crop's photo:
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