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European Silver Fir

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

The European silver fir, Abies alba, is a species of fir native to the mountains of Europe, ranging from the Pyrenees through the Alps and Carpathians to the Balkans and Greece, with additional populations extending from southwestern France north to Normandy. It was historically one of the most important timber and Christmas tree species in central Europe, though populations in parts of its range suffered pollution-related decline during the twentieth century.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 4

Scientific Name

Abies alba 4

Conservation Status

Least Concern 6

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Abies alba (Wikidata)

In Biome

Temperate Forest

Source Abies alba (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Abies alba (Wikipedia)

Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Abies alba, the European silver fir or silver fir, is a fir native to the mountains of Europe, from the Pyrenees north to Normandy, east to the Alps and the Carpathians, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and south to Italy, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Albania and northern Greece.
In Biome: Temperate Forest, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 322505, target B16268
In the oriental Alps of Italy, silver firs grow in mixed forests with Norway spruce, beech, and other trees.

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2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)View the Source

3. Plants For A Future: Abies alba

Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses

Quote, Medicinal Uses

The leaves and/or the resin are used in folk medicine to treat bronchitis, cystitis, leucorrhoea, ulcers and flatulent colic.

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4. Abies alba (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q146992 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Abies, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387

Quote, 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":[]

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6. European Silver Fir (Wikipedia)

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Abies

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12812

Quote, 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":[]

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, 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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