Taxon:
Abies grandis (Douglas ex D. Don) Lindl.
Summary
Place of publication:
Penny Cycl. 1:30. 1833
Verified:
05/05/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). URL: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
- Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
- Farjon, A. 1990. Pinaceae: Drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Regnum Veg. 121
- Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Fowells, H. A. 1965. Silvics of forest trees of the United States.
- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
- International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
- 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
- Washington State University Clark County Extension. 2010. Grand Fir. Note: re. Christmas tree use
Common names
English
giant fir – grand fir – lowland fir – lowland white fir – silver fir – white fir – yellow fir – French
sapin de Vancouver – German
Riesentanne – Italian
abete di Vancouver –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [British Columbia]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States |
Materials | wood | plywood | Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States |
Social | religious/secular | used as a Christmas tree fide http://www.pnwplants.wsu.edu/PlantDisplay.aspx?PlantID=221, | Washington State University Clark County Extension. 2010. Grand Fir. Note: re. Christmas tree use |