How to Use white fir in a Sentence

white fir

noun
  • There are also mature stands of red fir, white fir, ponderosa pine and sugar pine.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Die-offs were recorded for grand fir, white fir, red fir, noble fir and the hybrid Shasta red fir.
    — Nathan Gilles, oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Colorful ornaments will really make a statement when set against a full-on white fir.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Flames swept through most of the sprawling stand of more than 500 big sequoias, mixed with Ponderosa pines, white firs and incense cedars.
    — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Juniper, pinyon pine and white fir available at various locations.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021
  • They are typically found on the lower boughs of evergreen, pine, balsam fir, spruce, Fraser fir, and white fir trees.
    — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2016
  • The largest mortality was observed at lower elevations where grand fir and white fir are plentiful.
    — Nathan Gilles, oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Among trees listed on the plans are maples, birch, ginkgoes, white firs and white pine, along with such ornamentals as redbud, dogwood, magnolia and lilacs.
    — Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2019
  • Near the Stagg, the Castle fire did a bit of forest housekeeping, burning undergrowth, young white fir trees and incense cedars.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The new tree is a 27-foot white fir from Middleburg, Pennsylvania, the park service said in a release.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Over the generations, the family cut down sugar pine, white fir, red fir and other trees to make framing lumber for houses and other products.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Near the Stagg, the Castle Fire did a bit of forest housekeeping, burning undergrowth, young white fir trees and incense cedars.
    — Bettina Boxall, Star Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
  • This stunning example includes boughs cut from white fir, Fraser fir, juniper, and Southern magnolia.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Jeffrey pines, sugar pines, white fir, black oak, incense cedars and Coulter pines, which have the largest cones in the world (look for the educational display case for up-close viewing).
    — Matt Pawlik, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022
  • But the white fir that toppled onto utility lines on July 22 — a charred tree was later collected as evidence — was not among those noted in any report.
    — Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The solution, Shive and Conway said, is removing many of the overgrown smaller trees that surround the giant sequoias in dense thickets, like white fir, red fir and incense cedar.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The whir of a disc-saw echoed across Palomar Mountain on a recent December afternoon as loggers cut down hundreds of white fir and incense cedar on a steep hillside dotted with rustic homes.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada sit 530-acres of pristine forest, filled with red and white fir trees, ponderosa pines and—the stars of the landscape—hundreds of towering giant sequoia trees.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Popular species for Christmas trees at Inyo National Forest include lodgepole pine, western juniper and white fir, officials said.
    — Sacbee.com, 22 Nov. 2025

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