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Abies

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Abies [′ā·bē‚ēz]
(botany)
The firs, a genus of trees in the pine family characterized by erect cones, absence of resin canals in the wood, and flattened needlelike leaves.


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Later botanists kept the pines in Pinus but moved the hemlocks to Tsuga, the firs to Abies, and the spruces to Picea.
, Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies (78%), including clearcut areas, plantation, peat bogs (18%), and agricultural land (4%) equivalent to and reflecting the general environmental composition within the main study area.
parvifolia (GA, FL) DOWNY-MYRTLE Rhodomyrtus tomentosa # * (FL) ELDER Velvet Sambucus velutina (CA, NV, AZ) ELM September Ulmus serotina (KY, IL, TN, AL, GA, AR, OK) FLORIDA-PRIVET Forestiera segregata (FL) FIDDLEWOOD Berlandier Citharexylum berlandieri * (TX) FIR Bristlecone Abies bracteata (CO, ID, OR.
 
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