Taxon: Abies amabilis Douglas ex J. Forbes

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
  

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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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.]

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Fowells, H. A. 1965. Silvics of forest trees of the United States. (AH 271)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep) [lists as A. amabilis (Douglas) J. Forbes].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2) [lists as A. amabilis (Douglas ex Loudon) Douglas ex J. Forbes].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States. (AH 519)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)

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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. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Pinus amabilis Douglas
  

Check other databases 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
• 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 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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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