Abies alba

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

species of plant

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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

Least Concern

Abies alba

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassPinopsida
OrderPinales
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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Wikidata facts

Image: Abies alba - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-001.jpg

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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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Article

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