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

assessments
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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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