Broken Top Fir
Rocky Mountain Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca)
Rocky Mountain Douglas-Fir
About this verified tree
Broken Top Fir is a Rocky Mountain Douglas-Fir recorded at Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park near Exshaw. The source notes a broken top, giving the tree a distinctive form. Nominated by Terry Nelson, a board member and Interior BC representative for the UBC Big Tree Registry and author of Big Trees of the Inland Temperate Forests of British Columbia.
- Species
- Rocky Mountain Douglas-Fir
- Scientific name
- Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca
- Area
- Alberta
- Circumference
- 3.20 m
- Height
- 13.50 m
- Canopy spread
- 15 m
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Broken Top Fir is a Rocky Mountain Douglas-Fir recorded at Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park near Exshaw. The source notes a broken top, giving the tree a distinctive form. Nominated by Terry Nelson, a board member and Interior BC representative for the UBC Big Tree Registry and author of Big Trees of the Inland Temperate Forests of British Columbia.
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