Zur homepage zuruck back to homepage lwf, bayerische landesanstalt fur. Abies grandis, and picea abies have been screened in e. Click on the usda logo to view this plants profile with all synonyms, distribution map. Medium fast growing tree has very good needle retention and is a popular christmas tree specie. Prefers well drained soils but tolerates some moisture and light shade. Transformation of abies grandis into renewable fuels and chemicals. Abies grandis online atlas of the british and irish flora. Diameter and height growth of suppressed grand fir overstory. Penhallow dp 1907 a manual of the north american gym. Grand fir abies grandis has been developed as a model system for studying defensive oleoresin formation in conifers in response to insect attack or other injury. The species name reflects this conifers status as the tallestknown fir species.
It is native to moist coastal bottomlands and alpine slopes from sea level to 6000 in elevation in the pacific northwest from southwestern british columbia south to northern california and in a disjunct. Abies grandis plant finder missouri botanical garden. Pdf grand fir has long been considered as an alternative forest tree species. Pdf transformation of abies grandis into renewable fuels and. Abies grandis, commonly called grand fir, is a large, evergreen fir with a spire crown in youth that typically rounds into a multipleleadered dome with age. Pdf provenance trials with grand fir abies grandis d.
A molecular characterization of conifer pts was first initiated in grand fir abies grandis. Media in category abies grandis the following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total. How high the levels in these two platforms is included. Fragrant green, shiny needles on stiff goldbrown branches. Abies grandis, as described in 1833 by douglas ex d.
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