Abies alba
Spruce without the resin. The softest species in the KORENA catalogue, and the best softwood here for a painted finish.

Obecnie nie ma drewna Silver Fir. Te gatunki nadają się do podobnych projektów i są dostępne.
Wyślemy Ci wiadomość, gdy w KORENA pojawią się nowe deski Silver Fir. Każda sztuka jest niepowtarzalna, więc warto wiedzieć wcześniej.
Wygląd drewna
Very close to Norway Spruce in appearance and routinely sold interchangeably with it. Silver Fir is a shade duller and greyer, entirely without the resin pockets that mark spruce, because the species has no resin canals in its wood. Grain is straight, texture fine and even, and the overall impression is flatter and quieter than spruce.
Obróbka
Generally easy with both hand and machine tools, and it glues, stains and finishes better than spruce because the absence of resin canals makes absorption more even. The same softness caveat applies: sharp cutters are essential or the earlywood crushes and fuzzes. It holds detail poorly under carving tools, so it is not a carving wood despite being soft.
Takes stain and finish noticeably better than spruce, though it is still a softwood with uneven density and a conditioner remains sensible before pigment stain. It is one of the better softwood choices for a painted finish, since the fine even texture needs little grain filling. Clear finishes leave it looking pale and slightly cool.
Dries readily and without much degrade, and because there are no resin canals there is no resin bleed to manage, which is a genuine advantage over spruce in thick sections. Wet pockets of bacterially infected wood, sometimes called wetwood, occur in older trees and dry slowly and unevenly. A yard that has kilned the stock properly will have caught these. Movement in service is moderate at around 12.8 percent volumetric.
Drewno pęcznieje i kurczy się w poprzek szerokości, gdy powietrze staje się wilgotniejsze lub suchsze. Przed zaprojektowaniem mocowań oszacuj sezonową pracę blatu z drewna Silver Fir.
Przewidywana sezonowa praca
około 9,9 mm
Przymocuj blat łącznikami lub wspornikami w podłużnych otworach, bez kleju i mocno dokręconych wkrętów.
Liniowy model skurczu: szerokość × (skurcz ÷ 28 % punktu nasycenia włókien) × sezonowa zmiana wilgotności. Dla gatunku Silver Fir używa skurczu stycznego wynoszącego 8,7 %. To wartość do planowania, a nie gwarancja.
Species in the Abies genus have been reported to cause skin irritation, though severe reactions are uncommon. Standard dust extraction and a P2 mask for extended machining cover it.
Abies alba is the tree most people have looked at without knowing it. It is a major component of central European mountain forest, it is the traditional Christmas tree across much of the continent, and its timber is sold through the trade as whitewood alongside Norway Spruce with little distinction drawn between them. For most construction purposes that conflation is harmless. For slab work it is worth separating, because the one structural difference between the two species changes how the wood behaves.
Silver Fir has no resin canals. Spruce does. Everything that follows from that, the absence of resin pockets, the cleaner behaviour under paint, the more even stain absorption, the lack of bleed in thick sections, is the reason to choose fir over spruce rather than treat them as the same board.
Colour range is narrow: near white through to a pale grey-brown, with no heartwood boundary to speak of. Against spruce it reads flatter and cooler, a fraction duller, and without the amber flecking that gives spruce its visual interest.
Because colour gives you so little, judge the slab on ring structure and defects. Tight rings from slow mountain growth mean a denser, stiffer, more stable board. Knots are the usual limiting factor, and fir knots are somewhat less hard and less prone to tear-out than spruce knots, which makes them slightly easier to machine through when you have no choice.
Pytania kupujących
Look for resin pockets. Spruce has resin canals and shows amber pockets and streaks; Silver Fir has none at all, so a clean pale board with no resin marks is almost certainly fir. Fir also reads slightly greyer and duller. The two are close enough that they are frequently sold interchangeably as whitewood.
Yes, generally. The fine even texture needs little grain filling and the absence of resin canals means no bleed-through under paint. Spruce resin pockets can telegraph through a painted finish months later unless sealed with shellac first.
Not untreated. It is rated non-durable to perishable with little resistance to insect attack, which is the lowest durability in this group. European larch or Douglas fir are the appropriate choices for exposure.
At 1,420 N Janka it is the softest species KORENA lists, softer even than spruce. A desk top in fir will mark under a pen pressed through paper. It works for a light-use surface finished in a refreshable hardwax oil, but for daily writing use a harder species.
Właściwości mechaniczne
Opublikowane wartości referencyjne. Gdy źródła się różnią, podajemy zakres, a w powyższych skalach stosujemy wartość typową.
| Gęstość (kg/m³)Masa metra sześciennego przy wilgotności około 12 %. Cięższe drewno jest zwykle twardsze i mocniejsze. | 415 kg/m³ |
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| Twardość Janki (N)Siła potrzebna do wciśnięcia stalowej kulki do połowy w drewno. Standardowa miara odporności na wgniecenia. | 1,420 N |
| MOR: wytrzymałość na zginanie (MPa)Wytrzymałość na zginanie: obciążenie, przy którym belka pęka. | 66 MPa |
| MOE: moduł sprężystości (GPa)Sztywność przy zginaniu: stopień ugięcia półki lub blatu pod obciążeniem. | 8.3 GPa |
| Skurcz promieniowySkurcz w poprzek słojów, od drewna mokrego do całkowicie suchego. W tym kierunku pracują deski przetarte promieniowo. | 4.0 % |
| Skurcz stycznySkurcz wzdłuż słojów. W tym kierunku pracują deski przetarte stycznie i większość desek KORENA. |
Abies alba grows through the mountain systems of central and southern Europe, from the Pyrenees across the Alps to the Carpathians and the Balkans. Most slab stock comes from managed mixed forests where it grows alongside beech and spruce, and EU certification coverage is good.
Not listed in the CITES Appendices and assessed by the IUCN as Least Concern. Silver Fir declined across parts of its range during the twentieth century from air pollution and heavy browsing pressure, and it is now recovering under managed forestry. Certified supply is readily available.


The specific thing to look for is wetwood, a bacterially affected zone carrying abnormally high moisture that occurs in some older trees. It dries slowly and unevenly and can leave a localised darker stain or a collapsed area. Properly dried stock has already revealed any of it. Since every KORENA slab carries a measured moisture value rather than an assurance, an unevenly dried board shows up in the data.
Fir works easily with hand and machine tools, and it glues, stains and finishes better than spruce for the reason given above. The softness caveat that governs all of this group still applies, and applies here hardest, because at 1,420 N on the Janka scale Silver Fir is the softest wood KORENA lists.
Sharp cutters are not optional. A dull plane iron will crush the earlywood rather than cut it, and the crushed fibres lift when finish goes on. Light cuts and a card scraper produce a far better surface than heavy cuts and sandpaper. Stop sanding at 180 grit.
One thing fir does not do well is hold carved detail. Softness suggests it should be a carving wood, but the fibre is stringy rather than crisp and fine detail tears out at the edges. Small-leaved lime is the species in the KORENA catalogue built for that job.
Gluing is reliable with moderate clamping pressure. Screws hold adequately with pilot holes and coarse threads, though as with all light softwoods, through-bolts and washers are better wherever the load is real.
Fir dries readily and without much degrade. The absence of resin canals is a practical advantage in thick sections, because there is no resin to bleed when a slab warms in sunlight or over underfloor heating. Spruce in the same position may weep at the pockets years after finishing.
Volumetric shrinkage sits around 12.8 percent, close to spruce, with tangential movement at 8.7 percent against 4.0 percent radial. That ratio, better than two to one, means flatsawn boards want to cup as humidity swings. Quartersawn stock is meaningfully more stable and worth paying for in a wide top.
Let a slab acclimatise in its final room for a couple of weeks before final flattening. This matters more for softwoods than hardwoods because the movement is faster.
Painted work is where fir clearly beats the alternatives here. The fine even texture needs almost no grain filling, and with no resin canals there is nothing to telegraph through the paint film later. A painted fir carcass will still look right in ten years, where a painted spruce one may show resin ghosting at the pockets.
It also suits wall and ceiling panelling, lightweight carcass work, and shelving where the span is short or supported. Its stiffness to weight ratio is decent, but at this density long unsupported shelves will sag.
It is the wrong answer for any working surface that must resist marking, for anything outdoors, and for carving.
Not CITES listed and assessed as Least Concern. Silver Fir declined across parts of its range through the twentieth century under air pollution and heavy deer browsing, and current populations are recovering under active management. Certified supply from Alpine and Carpathian sources is readily available, and the documentation path for EUDR is the same short one that applies to the other managed European conifers in this catalogue.
Wetwood is a bacterially affected zone of abnormally high moisture found in some older firs. It dries slowly and unevenly and can leave localised staining or collapse. Properly kilned stock will have revealed it already. Every KORENA slab carries a measured moisture reading, so a slab that dried unevenly is visible in the data rather than a surprise at the bench.
| 8.7 % |
| Skurcz objętościowyCałkowita zmiana objętości od drewna mokrego do całkowicie suchego. Niższa wartość oznacza większą stabilność. | 12.8 % |
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| Naturalna trwałość (EN 350)Europejska norma naturalnej odporności na rozkład, od 1 (bardzo trwałe) do 5 (nietrwałe). | Class 5 — Perishable |
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Twardość Janki: 1420 N
O 71 % miększe od dębu europejskiego
415 kg/m³
12,8 % skurczu objętościowego
3,9 / 5, średnia ocena obróbki
Klasa 5 według EN 350
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Źródło: KORENA Timber Index · Najnowsze dane: 24 wrz 2026
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