Abies procera #2 at Cathays Cemetery

Abies procera 0

Abies procera with cones
mid September 2021

Grid reference ST 17944 78664
Common name Noble fir
Origin West USA
Deciduous No
Height 12M September 2021
Girth Inaccessible
Reference 766
Abies procera bark

Abies procera bark
mid September 2021

Abies procera leaf1

Abies procera leaves
mid September 2021

Abies procera leaf2

Abies procera leaves
mid September 2021

Abies procera cone1

Abies procera cones
mid September 2021

General tree description

Abies procera is a very large tree, up to 50 metres in height and with a narrow conic shape. Its bark is smooth and silvery or purplish grey, but may become rough and fissured on old trees. Branches tend to diverge from the trunk at right angles. The leaves are needles 2.5 to 3.5cm long, the tips blunt or notched, bluish green above and with two narrow glaucous bands beneath. They are arranged spirally on the shoot, but twisted slightly S-shaped to be upcurved above the shoot. Male flowers are globular and cluster along the underside of the shoots. They are bright crimson before shedding pollen. Female flowers are upright miniature cones and they develop into very large cylindrical cones, 16 to 25cm long, purple-brown, ripening to golden-brown.