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Abies alba, commonly known as silver fir or European silver fir, is a large evergreen tree native to central and southern Europe. It has been important historically for timber production and forestry, though its populations have declined in recent decades due to climate change, air pollution, and other environmental pressures.
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SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPinopsida
- OrderPinales
- FamilyPinaceae
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Abies alba, the European silver fir or silver fir, is a fir native to the mountains of Europe, from the Pyrenees north to Normandy, east to the Alps and the Carpathians, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and south to Italy, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Albania and northern Greece.
Silver fir trunk and bark of a tree in Vallombrosa State Forest (Italy) Illustration of several parts of the plant Immature cone Seedlings