Taxon: Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.

Genus:

Abies

Section:

Balsamea

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

676

Place of publication:

N. Amer. Sylva 3:138. 1849

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

See other conspecific taxa:

Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

Basionym: Pinus lasiocarpa Hook.

Common names:

alpine fir (Source: F NAmer) - English
subalpine fir (Source: F NAmer) - English
sapin concolore (Source: F NAmer) - French
abete lasiocarpo (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
berggran (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide AH 519)
Materials: wood (fide AH 519; F Eur ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Yukon Territory] United States [Alaska]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon, Washington]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
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)

Check other web resources for Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. :

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=676. Accessed 14 mayo 2024.