White Fir is a fir native to the mountains of western North America, ranging from Oregon and California east through the Rocky Mountains into Colorado and northern Mexico. It is a large tree, often exceeding 40 meters in height, with distinctive flat, silvery blue green needles that curve upward and give the species its species epithet, concolor, referring to the similar color on both sides of the needle. White Fir grows across a wide elevational range, from mixed conifer forests at moderate elevations to subalpine zones, and it tolerates shade well as a young tree, allowing it to persist in the understory until larger trees fall. It is commonly used as an ornamental tree and, like other true firs, as a Christmas tree.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleFarmed or Commercially Raised 3 Living or Extinct Comparison
NatureServe Rank CITES Appendix Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Abies, Taxa Source Abies concolor (Wikidata)
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1. Abies concolor (Wikipedia)
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs toQuote, Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Abies concolor, the white fir, concolor fir, or Colorado fir, is a coniferous tree in the pine family Pinaceae.
2. Abies concolor (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q145939 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
- Child Taxon Of: Abies, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
View the Source 3. White Fir (Wikipedia)
- popular as an ornamental landscaping tree and as a Christmas tree
- infobox status=LC
View the Source4. NatureServe Explorer: Abies concolor
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Abies
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12812Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12812
"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":"Pinaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosyntheticQuote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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