Silver fir
Abies alba
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Abies alba
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Continent
- Europe
- Habitat
- Forest, Mountains
- Form
- Tree
- Leaves
- Needles
- Flower colour
- No flowers
- Blooms in
- Never blooms
- Use
- Timber, Ornamental
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its cones stand upright on the branch and fall apart there, leaving a bare spike behind.
- It is among the tallest native trees of Europe and can top 50 metres.
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Similar plants
- Norway spruce
Picea abies
- Douglas fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
- Mountain pine
Pinus mugo
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q146992 · All plants · All entries