A native we do not grow
Noble Fir
Abies procera. Large tree, 50 to 100 feet where planted, zones 5 to 8; full sun or part shade; average ground.
We do not grow noble fir, and it is not in our shop. This page gathers what our tools say about it and the natives we grow for the same ground.
At a glance
| Other names | Noble red fir |
|---|---|
| Form | Large tree |
| Height, feet | 50 to 100 where planted; up to 325 in its native stands |
| Spread, feet | Up to 30 |
| Zones | 5 to 8 |
| Sun | Full sun or part shade |
| Soil moisture | Average ground |
| Growth | Medium |
| Leaves | Evergreen |
| Traits | Wildlife value, hedge or screen |
| Pollen | June to July |
| Fruit | Cones, September to October |
| First crop | 20 to 30 years (good crops from 35 to 50) |
| Pollination | One bears; a second improves the crop. Each tree carries both male and female cones and the wind carries the pollen. A lone tree sets seed with its own pollen, but about a third less than with pollen from another tree. |
| Lifespan | Usually lives 400 years or less and can live up to 700, and the oldest one found was at least 352. Only a tiny share of trees has ever had its age measured. A forest survey recorded a breast-height age of 352 years for a tree 42 inches through in Multnomah County, Oregon, in 2015. |
| Black walnut | Not named on the Morton Arboretum's lists |
| Ground | Rich moist slopes |
| Native in | 3 states |
Noble fir is native in 3 states: California, Oregon and Washington. The states are the USDA PLANTS Database's records, with the native range read from the Fire Effects Information System, the Jepson eFlora, NC State Extension and Silvics of North America.
What our tools say
How fast it grows and how big it gets, by site Whether it suits your zone, sun and soil How far from a house, wires and a septic field What grows with it in the wild and in a yard When to plant it where you live When it sheds pollen and bears cones, month by month How to sow its seed, with dates for your place How many to plant for a crop of seed Whether one you have can be moved, and what the move takes How old one is, from its trunk How a big one scores against the champion trees
For the same ground, we grow
These trees we grow share the most of noble fir's natural communities in the wild, by the companion species tool's rules.
Read from
Its figures come from Silvics of North America, the Forest Service's Fire Effects Information System, the Woody Plant Seed Manual, the USDA PLANTS Database, NC State Extension, the Wildflower Center, Cal Poly's SelecTree, Oregon State University's Landscape Plants, Oregon State University Extension, Calscape and the US Forest Service.