Pacific silver fir

Large, conical, evergreen conifer tree growing up to 20 - 30m. New shoots are covered in pale hairs, and small, spherical, resinous buds. Needles, 2 - 3cm long are crowded, borne densely on the upper surface of each shoot, spreading forwards in two rows, neatly covering the branchlet. New female cones are purple, ripening to brown, 9 - 15cm long, ovoid to cylindrical with hidden bracts.