Taxon: Abies grandis (Douglas ex D. Don) Lindl.

Genus:

Abies

Section:

Grandis

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

664

Place of publication:

Penny Cycl. 1:30. 1833

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

05-may-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 10-nov-2010

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(≡) Picea grandis (Douglas ex D. Don) Loudon
Basionym: Pinus grandis Douglas ex D. Don

Common names:

giant fir (Source: BSBI) - English
grand fir (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
lowland fir (Source: AH 271) - English
lowland white fir (Source: F NAmer) - English
silver fir (Source: AH 271) - English
white fir (Source: AH 271) - English
yellow fir (Source: AH 271) - English
sapin de Vancouver (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
Riesentanne (Source: Zander ed14) - German
abete di Vancouver (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide AH 519)
Materials: wood (plywood fide AH 519)
Social: religious/secular (used as a Christmas tree fide http://www.pnwplants.wsu.edu/PlantDisplay.aspx?PlantID=221,)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
Demilly, D. et al. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7. 2001 (L Noms French ed7)
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
Fowells, H. A. Silvics of forest trees of the United States. 1965 (AH 271)
International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978 (AH 519)
Washington State University Clark County Extension 2010. Grand Fir

Check other web resources for Abies grandis (Douglas ex D. Don) Lindl. :

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=664. Accessed 14 mayo 2024.