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Taxon: Abies concolor (Gordon & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr.

Genus: Abies
Family: Pinaceae. Also placed in: Abietaceae
Nomen number: 649
Place of publication: Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 18:261. 1861
Name verified on: 05-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 27-Feb-2002
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:


Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide AH 519)
  • Materials: wood   (plywood fide AH 519)
  • Social: religious/secular   (used as a Christmas tree)
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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Oregon
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California [n.w.], Sonora

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • 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)
  • Fowells, H. A. 1965. Silvics of forest trees of the United States. (AH 271)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Abies concolor (Gordon & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr.:

  • 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 concolor 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:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?649 (21 November 2009)

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