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


Native to 🇺🇸 USA western 🗻︎ mountains, into northern 🇲🇽 Mexico.

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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 ◼︎ white fir Abies concolor

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🏠︎ fir  genus Abies