Abies proceraRehder

Noble Firnoble fir

WFO wfo-0000511367 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Abies procera, photographed by Drew Meyer
fig. a Drew Meyer, CC0 1.0 / 2021-08-18 / obs. 152112775
Abies procera, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. b Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150370711
Abies procera, photographed by David Anderson
fig. c David Anderson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148105782
Abies procera, photographed by Ashwin Srinivasan
fig. d Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147371124
Abies procera, photographed by Charlie Farrell
fig. e Charlie Farrell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 165469440
Abies procera, photographed by Melissa McMasters
fig. f Melissa McMasters, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147656280
Abies procera, photographed by David Anderson
fig. g David Anderson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142535539
Abies procera, photographed by Drew Meyer
fig. h Drew Meyer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 121210596

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Abies procera is native: California, Oregon, Washington CaliforniaOregonWashington
Native distribution of Abies procera, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
California CAL NORTHERN AMERICA
Oregon ORE
Washington WAS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Abies nobilis (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl.
  • Abies nobilis var. argentea Freudenberg
  • Abies nobilis var. compacta Chitt.
  • Abies nobilis var. glauca (Ravenscr.) Carrière
  • Abies nobilis var. glaucophylla Sudw.
  • Abies nobilis var. prostrata Chitt. ex Hornibr.
  • Abies nobilis var. robusta (Veitch ex Carrière) Beissn.
  • Abies procera f. glauca (Ravenscr.) Rehder
  • Abies procera f. prostrata (Chitt. ex Hornibr.) Rehder
  • Picea nobilis (Douglas ex D.Don) Loudon
  • Picea nobilis var. glauca Ravenscr.
  • Pinus nobilis Douglas ex D.Don
  • Pinus nobilis f. glauca (Ravenscr.) Voss
  • Pseudotsuga nobilis (Douglas ex D.Don) W.R.McNab

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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