subalpine fir
noun
: a medium-sized fir (Abies lasiocarpa) of subalpine regions of North America having bluish-green white-lined needles
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King of Christmas’ King Flock, meant to mimic a subalpine fir, nails the fresh-snow look, something that’s often surprisingly hard to pull off.
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Nicole Kinning, Wired News, 27 Nov. 2025
In the afternoon, after weeks of sunshine, severe thunderstorms suddenly rolled over the forest’s vast tracts of black and white spruce, subalpine fir, jack pine, and aspens.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
Traverse a lakeshore forest of lodgepole pine and subalpine fir, and scan the lower slopes of Altyn Peak near the Many Glacier Hotel for moose, grizzlies, and bighorn sheep.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2020
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Nicole Kinning, Wired News, 27 Nov. 2025
In the afternoon, after weeks of sunshine, severe thunderstorms suddenly rolled over the forest’s vast tracts of black and white spruce, subalpine fir, jack pine, and aspens.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
Traverse a lakeshore forest of lodgepole pine and subalpine fir, and scan the lower slopes of Altyn Peak near the Many Glacier Hotel for moose, grizzlies, and bighorn sheep.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2020
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“Subalpine fir.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subalpine%20fir. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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