Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Pinaceae (Pine family)
Genus: Abies (Fir)
Abies alba Mill. - European Silver-Fir
Abies grandis (D. Don) Lindl. - Giant Fir
Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach - Caucasian Fir
Abies concolor (Gordon) Hildebr. - Colorado White-Fir
<span class="r">Slightly toxic</span>, <ba>up to 50 m tall conifer</ba>. <span class="v1">cones:</span> erect, <ba><b>slender, gradually narrowed towards the apex</b></ba>, <b>10–20 cm long</b>, disintegrating at the tree, only the rachis remaining....
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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Natural, established occurences | ![]() |
Artificial occurences |
The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
forests, shrubbery