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Taxon:
Abies amabilis
Douglas ex J. Forbes
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Abies
Section:
Amabilis
Family:
Pinaceae
Nomen number:
633
Place of publication:
Pinet. woburn. 125, t. 44. 1839
Verified:
05/05/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pinus amabilis
Douglas
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Reference(s)
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.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Abies+amabilis&quantity=1
Fowells, H. A.
1965. Silvics of forest trees of the United States.
Hickman, J. C., ed.
1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Note:
lists as
Abies 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.
Note:
lists as
Abies 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).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Common names
English
amabilis fir –
Reference(s)
Cascade fir –
Reference(s)
lovely fir –
Reference(s)
Pacific silver fir –
Reference(s)
German
Purpurtanne –
Reference(s)
Italian
abete amabile –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Oregon
w.
1
Native
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Washington
w.
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
California
Siskiyou Co.
1
Native
Northern America
Subarctic America
United States
Alaska
s.e.
1
Native
Northern America
Western Canada
Canada
British Columbia
w.
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
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.)]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Materials
wood
plywood
Fowells, H. A.
1965. Silvics of forest trees of the United States.
Social
religious/secular
Christmas tree
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Name
References