Abies koreana Abies koreana Abies koreana Green Carpet

Abies koreana

Abies koreana

Abies koreana 'Green Carpet'

Abies koreana Silberlocke

Abies koreana Luminetta

Firs differ from other conifers in having erect, cylindrical cones 25– 5 cm (2– 10 in) long that disintegrate at maturity to release the winged seeds. In contrast to spruce ( )אשוחית , even large fir cones do not hang, but are raised like candles. Mature cones are usually brown, young in summer can be green, for example : A. grandis , A. nordmanniana Abies grandis cones.

Abies grandis

Abies nordmanniana

Abies sibirica

Abies sibirica Ledeb. - Siberian Fir.

Abies concolor

Abies concolor White fir

Abies concolor

Candicans White Fir Abies concolor 'Candicans'

Abies cilicica in Ehden cedar reserve, Lebanon

Abies veitchii

Abies veitchii - Veitch Fir

Abies veitchii pollen cones

Abies homolepis - Nikko Fir

Abies lasiocarpa ”Compacta“

Abies lasiocarpa-'Compacta'

Abies lasiocarpa Jerry Morris

''Abies pindrow'' (Pindrow Fir) at the New York Botanical Garden

Abies pinsapo ”Glauca“

Abies pinsapo Boiss. Africa, Morocco, Tangier-Tétouan region, Talassemtane National Park, Jbel Lâkraa mountain, about 1700 meters above sea level. Forming a forest with Cedrus atlantica.

Abies pinsapo.

Abies pinsapo 'Horstmann'

Abies pinsapo Roquelle

Manchurian Fir - Abies holophylla Unlike in some of other firs, unmature cones here are not purple-bluish, but green

Manchurian Fir - Abies holophylla Disintegrating cones. The cones in both images are covered by resin.

Abies delavayi, Cangshan, Dali, Yunnan, China

Abies procera

Abies procera 'Nobilis'

Abies procera ‘Glauca Prostrata’

Abies fraseri cone

Abies fabri in mist.

Abies fraseri branch

W Abies webbiana Lindl. Synonym: Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach. Indian Silver Fir, The West-Himalayan High-Level Fir, The East-Himalayan Fir.

Abies amabilis ‘Spreading Star’ (Pacific Silver Fir) male pollen cones

Abies alba - European White Fir

Illustration Abies alba Original book source: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, und der Schweiz 1885, Germany

Abies balsamea

Abies balsamea Balsam Fir

Abies balsamea ”Hudsoniana“

Abies balsamea pollen cones Abies balsamea cones

''Abies bracteata'' at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, California.

Abies nordmanniana Trees in snow, Dombay, Karachayevo-Cherkesiya, Caucasus

Abies nordmanniana subsp. bornmuelleriana forest, Turkey.

Sapin d'Algérie Abies numidica cone

Abies spectabilis Indian medicinal plants.

Abies milleri, an extinct species of fir known from fossil remains found in deposits from the early Eocene Ypresian stage (around 49. 5 mya) in Washington State, USA, is the oldest confirmed record for the fir genus. The species was described from 81 fossil specimens collected from Burke Museum Washington. Abies milleri foliage. A 3 cm tall twig section with needles and showing distinct circular needle scars. Eocene, 49 million years old

Classification Section Abies (central, south & east Europe, Asia Minor) Abies alb. Leopold Blaschka a—Silver Fir Abies nebrodensis—Sicilian Fir Abies borisii-regis—Bulgarian Fir Abies cephalonica—Greek Fir Abies nordmanniana— Nordmann Fir or Caucasian Fir Abies pinsapo—Spanish Fir Abies numidica—Algerian Fir Abies cilicica—Syrian Fir Section Momi (east & central Asia, Himalaya, generally at low to moderate altitudes) Abies kawakamii—Taiwan Fir Abies homolepis—Nikko Fir Abies recurvata—Min Fir Abies firma—Momi Fir Abies beshanzuensis—Baishanzu Fir Abies holophylla—Manchurian Fir Abies chensis—Shensi Fir Abies pindrow—Pindrow Fir Abies ziyuanensis—Ziyuan Fir

Section Balsamea (Taiga|boreal Asia and North America, and high mountains further south) Abies fraseri—Fraser Fir Abies balsamea—Balsam Fir Abies lasiocarpa—Subalpine Fir Abies sibirica—Siberian Fir Abies sachalinensis—Sakhalin Fir Abies koreana—Korean Fir Abies nephrolepis—Khinghan Fir Abies veitchii—Veitch's Fir Section Grandis (western North America to Mexico and Guatemala, lowlands in north, moderate altitudes in south) Abies grandis—Grand Fir or Giant Fir Abies concolor—White Fir Abies durangensis—Durango Fir Abies flinckii—Jalisco Fir Abies Guatemalans—Guatemalan Fir Section Amabilis (Pacific coast mountains, North America and Japan, in high rainfall mountains) Abies amabilis—Pacific Silver Fir Abies mariesii—Maries' Fir

Abies pollen cones

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