Part of fir  genus Abies in 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce  family Pinaceae.


Native to 🇺🇸 USA 🗻︎ Appalachia.

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Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)   On No-Plant List by Seneca Nation of Indians.  Adobe Acrobat Reader file (page 60)

Abies hosts caterpillars of 55 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

Learn more about Fraser fir Abies fraseri

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🏠︎ fir  genus Abies