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Taxon: Abies grandis (Douglas ex D. Don) Lindl.

Genus: Abies
Family: Pinaceae. Also placed in: Abietaceae
Nomen number: 664
Place of publication: Penny Cycl. 1:30. 1833
Name verified on: 05-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

  • giant fir   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • grand fir   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • lowland fir   (Source: AH 271 ) – English
  • lowland white fir   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  • silver fir   (Source: AH 271 ) – English
  • white fir   (Source: AH 271 ) – English
  • yellow fir   (Source: AH 271 ) – English
  • Riesentanne   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German

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)

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Farjon, A. 1990. Pinaceae: Drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Regnum Veg. 121. (Pinaceae)
  • Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers. (L Conifers)
  • 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)
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Abies grandis (Douglas ex D. Don) Lindl.:

  • 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 grandis 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.

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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?664 (09 February 2010)

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