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1 Classification
2 Uses
1 External links
2 Links to other Pinaceae
Abies - firs


Grand Fir (Abies grandis) shoot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pinophyta
Class:Pinopsida
Order:Pinales
Family:Pinaceae
Genus:Abies
Species
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Firs (Abies) are a genus of between 45-55 species of evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae. All are trees, reaching heights of 10-80 m tall and trunk diameters of 0.5-4 m when mature. Firs can be distinguished from other members of the pine family by the fact that their needle-like leaves are attached to the twig by a base that resembles a small suction cup, and by erect, cylindrical cones 5-25 cm long that disintegrate at maturity to release the winged seeds. Identification of the species is based on the size and arrangement of the leaves, and the size and shape of the cones, and whether the bract scales of the cones are long and exserted, or short and hidden inside the cone. They are most closely related to the cedars (Cedrus). Firs are found through much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, occurring in mountains over most of the range.

1 Classification

Intact and disintegrated Bulgarian FirBulgarian Fir Abies borisiiregis is a fir native to the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula, in Bulgaria, northern Greece, Macedonia, Albania and Serbia. It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 40-50 m (exceptionally 60 m) tall and with a trunk d cones



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