The wood is soft, but tough and compact. It is used for staves, woodenware, wood pulp, trunks, barrels, and for drawer bottoms.

[1] This species is known as arbor vitæ in Glacier Park.

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[2] This species is known as silver fir in Crater Lake Park.

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[3] This species is known as balsam in Glacier and Yellowstone Parks.

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[4] This species is known as silver fir in Yellowstone and Glacier Parks.

[5] This species is known as Oregon yew in Crater Lake National Park and as yew in Yellowstone and Glacier Parks.

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_Abies amabilis_ 15-16, _15_, _16_ _grandis_ 20, _21_ _lasiocarpa_ 19-20, _19_ _nobilis_ 17-19, _17_, _18_

_Acer circinatum_ 30, _30_ _macrophyllum_ 29, _29_

Alpine fir (_Abies lasiocarpa_) 19-20, _19_

Amabilis fir (_Abies amabilis_) 15-16, _15_, _16_

Black cottonwood (_Populus trichocarpa_) 30-32, _31_

Broadleaf maple (_Acer macrophyllum_) 29, _29_

Cedar, western red (_Thuja plicata_) 9-11, _10_

Cottonwood, black (_Populus trichocarpa_) 30-32, _31_

Cypress, yellow (_Chamaecyparis nootkatensis_) 23-24, _23_

Douglas fir (_Pseudotsuga taxifolia_) 6-8, _7_, _8_, _9_, _10_, _12_, _13_

Engelmann spruce (_Picea engelmanni_) 20-23, _22_

Fir, alpine (_Abies lasiocarpa_) 19-20, _19_ amabilis (_Abies amabilis_) 15-16, _15_, _16_ Douglas (_Pseudotsuga taxifolia_) 6-8, _7_, _8_, _9_, _10_, _12_, _13_ grand (_Abies grandis_) 20, _21_ noble (_Abies nobilis_) 17-19, _17_, _18_ silver. _See_ Fir, amabilis; Fir, grand.

Hemlock, mountain (_Tsuga mertensiana_) 25-27, _25_, _26_, _27_ western (_Tsuga heterophylla_) 11-13, _12_, _13_, _16_

Lodgepole pine (_Pinus contorta_) 24-25, _24_

Maple, broadleaf (_Acer macrophyllum_) 29, _29_ vine (_Acer circinatum_) 30, _30_

Mountain hemlock (_Tsuga mertensiana_) 25-27, _25_, _26_, _27_

Noble fir (_Abies nobilis_) 17-19, _17_, _18_

Pine, lodgepole (_Pinus contorta_) 24-25, _24_ western white (_Pinus monticola_) 13-15, _14_ white-bark (_Pinus albicaulis_) 27-28, _28_

_Pinus albicaulis_ 27-28, _28_ _contorta_ 24-25, _24_ _monticola_ 13-15, _14_

_Pseudotsuga taxifolia_ 6-8, _7_, _8_, _9_, _10_, _12_, _13_

Red alder (_Alnus oregona_) 30, _31_ cedar, western (_Thuja plicata_) 9-11, _10_