Taxon: Abies amabilis Douglas ex J. Forbes

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• amabilis fir   (Source: Ency WTimber ) – English
  
• Cascade fir   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• lovely fir   (Source: AH 519 ) – English
  
• Pacific silver fir   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• Purpurtanne   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• abete amabile   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hortus 3; Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: wood   (plywood fide AH 271)
  
• Social: religious/secular   (Christmas tree fide Dict Gard)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: United States - Alaska [s.e.]
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia [w.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon [w.], Washington [w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [Siskiyou Co.]

• also cultivated

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Fowells, H. A. 1965. Silvics of forest trees of the United States.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. [lists as A. amabilis (Douglas) J. Forbes].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. [lists as A. amabilis (Douglas ex Loudon) Douglas ex J. Forbes].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Abies amabilis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Abies amabilis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Abies amabilis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Pinus amabilis Douglas
  

Check other web resources for Abies amabilis Douglas ex J. Forbes:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Abies amabilis cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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