Fir tree

The fir trees are trees Conifère S of the kind Abies originating in the moderate areas of the northern hemisphere. They belong to the family of the Pinacées. They are recognizable with the mode of fixing of the needles on the stem and with their drawn up cones which disaggregate with maturity.

Classification

Species native (N) or introduced (I) in Europe

Abies alba - Silver fir or pectinate fir tree (N)
Abies amabilis - gracious Fir tree (I)
Abies balsamea - Fir tree balsam tree (I)

Abies balsamea phanerolepis - Fir tree balsam tree (I)

Abies cephalonica - Fir tree of Céphalonie or fir tree of Greece (N)
Abies concolor - Fir tree of Colorado (I)
Abies fraseri - Fir tree of Fraser (I)
Abies grown - Fir tree of Vancouver (I)
Abies homolepis (I)
Abies lasiocarpa - subalpine Fir tree (I)
Abies nordmanniana - Fir tree of Nordmann (N)
Abies borisiiregis - Fir tree of Bulgaria (N)
Abies pinsapo - Sapin of Andalusia (N)
Abies will procera - Sapin of Oregon (I)
Abies sibirica (N)

Classification and distribution

Last work of revision of the kind Abies by Farjon , 1990 cities by Earle 2004 makes it possible to distinguish 51 species from fir trees and to locate the relations between the various species in the following way:

Section Balsamea

group fir tree balsam tree (Asia Boréale, North America, and high mountains more in the south)

* Abies fraseri - Sapin of Fraser

* Abies balsamea - Sapin balsam tree

* Abies bifolia -

* Abies lasiocarpa -

* Abies sibirica - Sapin of Siberia

* Abies sachalinensis - Sapin of Sakkaline

* Abies koreana - Sapin of Korea

* Abies nephrolepis - Sapin of Khinghan

* Abies veitchii - Sapin of Veitch

* Abies kawakamii - Fir tree of Taiwan

Section Grown

group fir tree of Vancouver (western the United States with the Mexico and the Guatemala, in plains with north, average altitudes in the south)

* Abies grown - Sapin of Vancouver

* Abies lowiana - Fir tree of Low

* Abies concolor - Sapin of Colorado

* Abies durangensis - Sapin of Durango

* Abies mexicana - Sapin of Mexico

* Abies flinckii - Sapin of Jalisco

* Abies guatemalensis - Sapin of Guatemala

Section Abies

group silver fir (Europe, the Middle East)

* Abies nebrodensis - Sapin of Sicily

* Abies alba - white Sapin

* Abies borisii-governed - Sapin of Bulgaria

* Abies cephalonica - Sapin of Céphalonie

* Abies nordmanniana - Sapin of Nordmann or fir tree of the Caucasus

* Abies cilicica - Sapin of Cilicie

Section Piceaster

group fir tree of Andalusia (southern of the Spain and North Africa

* Abies pinsapo - Sapin of Andalusia

* Abies numidica - Sapin of Numidie

* Abies maroccana - Sapin of Morocco

Section Momi

(Asia, the Himalayas, generally with low altitudes with averages)

* Abies homolepis - Nikko Fir

* Abies recurvata - Min Fir

* Abies firma - Momi Fir

* Abies beshanzuensis - Baishanzu Fir

* Abies holophylla - Manchurian Fir

* Abies chensiensis - Shensi Fir

* Abies pindrow - Pindrow Fir

* Abies ziyuanensis - Ziyuan Fir

Section Amabilis

(coasts of the Pacific of North America and the Japan, rainy high mountains)

* Abies amabilis - gracious Fir tree

* Abies mariesii - Sapin of Marry

Section Pseudopicea

(Sino-Himalayan in high mountain)

* Abies delavayi - Fir tree of Delavay

* Abies fabri - Fir tree of Faber

* Abies forrestii - Fir tree of Forrest

* Abies chengii - Fir tree of Cheng

* Abies densa - Fir tree of Bhutan

* Abies spectabilis - East Himalayan Fir

* Abies fargesii - Fir tree of Farges

* Abies fanjingshanensis - Fanjingshan Fir

* Abies yuanbaoshanensis - Yuanbaoshan Fir

* Abies squamata - Flaky Fir

Section Oiamel

(Mexico, in high mountain)

* Abies religiosa - Fir tree crowned

* Abies vejarii - Fir tree of Vejar

* Abies hickelii - Fir tree of Hickel

Section Nobilis

(west of the the United States, in high mountain)

* Abies will procera - Sapin of Oregon

* Abies magnifica - red Sapin

Section Bracteata

(coasts of California)

* Abies bracteata - Fir tree of Santa Lucia

Geographical distribution

Distribution of the American species:

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