Pacific Silver Firs are tall trees with single needles scattered and crowded above the top of a twig; needles are shorter, up to 1” long and slightly notched at the tip. Cones are also upright, but the wood is softer than other firs and was only used for pulp. Areas of these trees that are now logged, are replanted with Douglas Fir. Young specimens are found by Kiosk 3.  Pacific Silver Fir, also called Amabilis Fir, is most likely found in areas that appear as understory or forest. Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; abundant, native to Cascadia.

http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Abies+amabilis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abies_amabilis
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-03.pdf
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ABAM
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Abies&Species=amabilis&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-02.pdf

The cones of this tree:

hang down
sit laterally with branch
sit upright

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