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Definition of Subalpine fir
1. Noun. Medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subalpine Fir
Literary usage of Subalpine fir
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"(1990) found 10 of 11 marten tracks in stands dominated by Engelmann spruce (Picea
engelmannii) — subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) and lodgepole pine >82 ..."
2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Ecology, silviculture, and management of the Engelmann spruce-subalpine fir type
in the central and Southern Rocky Mountains. USDA Forest Serv. Agri. ..."
3. Mount Rainier: A Record of Exploration by Edmond Stephen Meany (1916)
"subalpine fir. This is the primly conical little fir so common in Paradise Park.
... On the higher slopes it commonly forms clumps with the subalpine fir. ..."
4. The Priest River Forest Reserve by John Bernhard Leiberg (1899)
"the arborescent flora lies within three of the western forest zones, the zones (1)
of the yellow pine, (2) of the white pine, and (3) of the subalpine fir. ..."
5. Proceedings: Symposium on Fire in Wilderness and Park Management edited by James K. Brown, Robert W. Mutch, Charles W. Spoon, Ronald H. Wakimoto (1996)
"Includes Engelmann spruce-subalpine fir forests, limber pine, and whitebark pine.
SCALE: WHEN IS SMALL TOO SMALL FOR PRESCRIBED NATURAL FIRE? ..."
6. Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific edited by Bettina Von Hagen, James F. Weigand, Rebecca McLain, Roger Fight (1998)
"Major horticultural transplant species in the Pacific Northwest are mountain
hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, noble fir, ..."
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