Family: Pinaceae, Pine view all from this family

Description One of the tallest true firs, with narrow, pointed crown of stout, curved, and slightly drooping branches.
Height: 100-200' (30-61 m).
Diameter: 1 1/2-3 1/2' (0.5-1 m).
Needles: evergreen; spreading almost at right angles in 2 rows; crowded and curved upward on upper twigs; 1 1/4-2" (3-5 cm) long. Flat, flexible; shiny dark green above, silvery white beneath.
Bark: brown; smooth, with resin blisters, becoming deeply furrowed into narrow scaly ridges.
Twigs: brown; slender, with fine hairs when young.
Cones: 2-4" (5-10 cm) long; cylindrical, upright on topmost twigs, green or brown; cone-scales hairy, bracts short and hidden. Paired, long-winged seeds.

Habitat Valleys and mountain slopes in cool, humid climate; in coniferous forests.

Range S. British Columbia south along coast to California; also south in Rocky Mountain region to central Idaho; to 1500' (457 m) along coast; to 6000' (1829 m) inland.

Discussion Common and scientific names refer to the large size; the champion in Olympic National Park, Washington, is 231' (70.4 m) tall with a circumference of 20'8" (6.3 m). Like those of related species, the smooth bark of small trunks has swellings or blisters; when pinched or opened, fragrant, transparent resin or balsam squirts out.