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Fir

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Firs are tall trees with needle-like leaves that stay green all year. They provide homes for birds and small animals and smell wonderful, especially during the holidays.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Fir is a tall, conical evergreen tree with smooth, grey bark when young. It has distinctive flat, blunt-tipped needles that are soft to touch and often have two white stripes underneath. Its most unique feature is the upright cones, which grow like candles on the branches.

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Fir

Kategorie

Bäume

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Crushing the needles of certain Fir trees can make them smell like bubblegum or citrus!

Fir trees are often used for making paper, lumber, and even musical instruments.

Some Fir species have bark blisters filled with a sticky, fragrant resin.

The oldest known Fir tree lived for over 700 years!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Snow Shedder

Fir has a perfect conical shape that helps heavy snow slide right off its branches, preventing damage in snowy habitats.

Fähigkeit

Upright Cones

Fir cones grow straight up like candles and disintegrate on the branch, scattering their seeds widely without falling whole.

Fähigkeit

Resilient Needles

Fir has soft, flat needles that are well-adapted to photosynthesize efficiently in cold, dark forest environments.

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-80 m
Canopy Spread
4-12 m
Essbar
Nein
Trunk Diameter
50-250 cm
Lebenserwartung
70-300 Jahre
Fruit Type
Cone
Growth Rate
Mittel
Leaf Type
Evergreen

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Red Squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Gathers and stores fir seeds

eats

Elk

Cervus elaphus

Browses on fir needles and young shoots

shelters

Great Grey Owl

Strix nebulosa

Often nests in large, mature fir trees

symbiotic with

The Sickener

Russula emetica

Forms mycorrhizal association with fir roots

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noble Fir

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Enjoy looking at fir trees from a safe distance and avoid climbing them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Fir?

10-80 m

Was ist der/die/das canopy Spread von Fir?

4-12 m

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Fir?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das trunk Diameter von Fir?

50-250 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Fir?

70-300 Jahre

Wo findet man Fir normalerweise?

Forests

Was ist der/die/das fruit Type von Fir?

Cone

Was ist der/die/das growth Rate von Fir?

Mittel

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