Several of these fir species attain immense size: the white fir (A. concolor), the noble fir (A. nobilis), the California red fir (A. magnifica), and the Pacific silver fir (A. amabilis) all can attain a height of 60 m (200 feet).
Forests to the east in the Cascade Range include Pacific silver fir as well as western hemlock and western red cedar.
Burgundy pitch and other resin products are also obtained from the silver fir.
The silver fir (A. alba) is an ornamental and timber species that is native to Europe and Asia.
The forest cover includes species of sal (Shorea), teak, oak, silver fir, spruce, cypress, birch, and bamboo.
The silver fir has soft wood that is easily worked and is hence much used in carpentry.
Common tree species of the temperate forests include Himalayan cedar (Deodar cedar), Himalayan (blue) pine, oak, silver fir, spruce, chestnut, elm, poplar, birch, yew, cypress, and rhododendron.
Coniferous forest predominates, with spruce the main species at higher altitudes and a mixed woodland of spruce, silver fir, and beech found at lower levels.
Pine, cedar, silver fir, aspen, and birch also grow on the banks and occasionally constitute isolated forests on the higher ground of the floodplain.
The silver fir is abundant in most of the mountain ranges of southern and central Europe, but it is not found in the northern parts of that continent.
Extensive forests of the silver fir are found on the southern Alps, and the tree is plentiful in the Rhineland and on the Apennine and Pyrenees ranges.
