Bonhoeffer Gardens showcase our 4 native firs, all members of the Abies genus and tree and a member of the Pinaceae Family.  These are: the Pacific Silver Fir, the Sub-Alpine Fir, the Noble Fir, and the Grand Fir.  The Douglas Fir (pictured in the background of the 4 fir species found at the Gardens double gate area) is of another family, a lone member of Pseudotsuga genus of the Pinaceae Family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fir
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Abies
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ABPR
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ABAM
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ABGR
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ABLA
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/browse.php?Genus=Abies
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Pseudotsuga%20menziesii
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Abies%20grandis
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-02.pdf
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-03.pdf

The one tree named as a “fir” that is not a “true fir” is the:

Douglas Fir
Noble Fir
Grand Fir

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