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Part of fir genus Abies in 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce family Pinaceae in 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
Native to 🇺🇸 USA western 🗻 mountains, into northern 🇲🇽 Mexico. 🗺 Map (scroll down), 🗺 map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map (North America, Central America).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) On No-Plant List by Seneca Nation of Indians. (page 60)
Abies hosts caterpillars of 55 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
Some sources say white fir is known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) balsam woolly adelgid Adelges piceae, a small wingless invasive insect that infests and kills fir genus Abies. Although some sources say this fir and some sister-species, in their natural stands, show signs of resistance.
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🏠︎ fir genus Abies