Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [wood and wood by product]
9. wood (plant material)
10. [wood by composition or origin]
11. softwood

Narrower term/s

• balsam fir (wood)
• Fraser fir (wood)
• Douglas fir (wood)
• coast Douglas fir (wood)
• silver fir (wood, European silver fir)
• Pacific silver fir (wood)
• red fir (wood)

Anotations

Scope note:

Wood of the tree from the genus Abies, although other coniferous evergreen trees are commonly called firs. Timber is typically inferior to that of spruce or pine, but it is used for lumber and pulpwood.