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Abies alba

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Abies alba

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Also known as Abies pectinata, European silver fir, silver fir

species of plant

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Abies alba is a species of plant in the family Pinaceae. It belongs to the genus Abies and is classified within the order Pinales, class Pinopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is Abies alba Mill. Common names include Weiß-Tanne, Sapin blanc, Abeto blanco, and Avet blanc.

This evergreen conifer is native to regions including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, and the NW. Balkan Pen. It has also been introduced to the Baltic States, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, and Portugal. The species is rated as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List, a status recorded in 2017.

Abies alba is described as a green, pyramidal tree with slightly white branches. Mature trees reach heights of 50 to 60 meters with trunk diameters of 1.5 meters. The leaves are needle-shaped and dark green. The longest observed lifespan for this species is 475 years.

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Species

Least Concern

Abies alba

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassPinopsida
  4. OrderPinales
  5. FamilyPinaceae
Native toAlbania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen.
Observations recorded284,395

Abies alba 銀冷杉外型呈現漂亮的綠色金字塔狀，帶略白色的枝枒，常被聯想為傳統的聖誕樹；生於歐洲山區的原生植物，為常綠的松科植物，成樹高50至60米，樹幹直徑闊1.5米，樹葉為針狀，呈墨綠色。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
999
With media
548
Family
Pinaceae
Collections
US, CAS, USU, CM, WCUH, DBG
Recorded in
United States, Romania, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Macedonia
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Abies
Image
Abies alba - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-001.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon name
Abies alba
Commons category
Abies alba
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=629
Commons gallery
Abies alba
longest observed lifespan
475
short name
A. alba
taxon common name
abetu común
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Encyclopedic overview

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

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