On northern branches silver fir accompanies beech. Surrounded by slopes of silver fir, hemlock and magnolia, Gurashey stands brooding. The understory communities of the Pacific silver fir can vary depending on moisture availability. The bark and wood of silver fir are rich in antioxidative polyphenols. Other wet-climate trees include yellow-cedar and Pacific silver fir. Mountain hemlock trees live as long as 1000 years&colon; longer than the Pacific silver fir. "Windward moist maritime" (MHmm1) is dominated by mountain hemlock and Pacific silver fir. Coarse woody debris is very characteristic of the Silver Fir Ecoregion, providing microsites for organisms. Sitka spruce, western hemlock, silver fir, mountain hemlock, and subalpine parkland. The silver fir also plays a special role in this context. The most common fir is Pacific silver fir and subalpine fir may also be plentiful. The most abundant trees are Douglas fir, Pacific silver fir, and western hemlock. They prized softwood, however, especially that of silver fir ("Abies alba"), for construction and shipbuilding. The Niederjosbach coat of arms has a silver fir tree on a red background. Taurus cedar ("Cedrus libani"), European silver fir ("Abies alba") and related firs.