Taxon

Abies numidica

 
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Abies numidica - Algerian fir
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Common name: Algerian fir
Family: Pinaceae (pine family)
Distribution: n. Africa (Algeria)
IUCN Red list: Critically Endangered
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Evergreen tree
IUCN Red List code: CR B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii); 30 June 2010
Comments: A medium-sized evergreen tree, densely branched and rigidly formal. Can reach 60' tall in its native habitat. Needles are densely arranged along the branches and bristly to the touch. Undersides of the needles are punctuated by distinct silvery white bands of stomates. Upright-forming cones occur on mature trees, 5-6" long with recurved cone scales. An attractive specimen tree.
Links: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species • The Plant List

Locations

  • 1: DWD: AJ08 (AJ08) • Accession: D2001-0024.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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