“Like balsam fir, white fir is relatively difficult to establish in plantations, and growth after planting is often very irregular.”

“He said the tin sheets are a temporary windbreak to shelter new fir tree saplings, planted to replace trees mysteriously felled a few weeks ago.”

“Over the hilly five acres grow native black oak, incense cedar, white fir and Coulter, knobcone, sugar and ponderosa pines.”

“Bonsai-like Douglas firs and ponderosa pines animate the petrified lava flows of El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico.”

“More than 95 percent of the mature Fraser firs in the park are dead, robbed of their lifeblood and poisoned by a toxin injected by the adelgid.”

“The vista beyond was dotted with leafless trees and throngs of firs and pine.”