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(Cal.); Pumpkin-tree; Alpine Fir; Mountain Balsam (mountains of 

 Utah and Idaho); Down-cone Fir (lit.); Downy-cone Sub-Alpine Fir 

 (Cal. lit.). 



VARIETY DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Abies lasiocarpa caerulescens (Beissn.) Sudw. 



Abies arizonica Merriam. Arizona Cork Fir. 



Range. — At present known only from Arizona (San Francisco Mountains). 



Abies grandis Lindl. Lowland Fir. 



Range. — Coast region from Vancouver Island to California (Mendocino County ), 

 and from Washington and Oregon to northern Idaho and Montana. 



Names in use. — White Fir (Cal., Oreg., Idaho); Silver Fir (Mont., 

 Idaho); Yellow Fir (Mont., Idaho); Oregon White Fir (Cal.); Western 

 White Fir; Grand or Oregon White Fir (Cal. lit.); Great California 



Fir (lit.). 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Abies grandis aurifolia Sudw. 

 Abies grandis cras&a Sudw. 



Abies concolor (Gord.) Parry. White Fir. 



Range. — Oregon (Siskiyou Mountains) to southern California (San Bernardino 

 County); northern Arizona and New Mexico to Colorado and Utah (Wasatch 

 Mountains). 



Names in use. — White Fir (Cal., Idaho, Utah, Colo.); Balsam Fir 

 (Cal., Idaho, Colo.); Silver Fir (Cal.); Balsam (Cal.); White Balsam 

 (Utah); Bastard Pine (Utah); Balsam tree (Idaho); Black Gum 

 (Utah); California White Fir (Cal.); Colorado White Fir (Cal. lit.); 

 Concolor Silver Fir (Eng. lit.). 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Abies concolor pendens (Beissn.) Sudw. 



Abies concolor varia Sudw. 



Abies concolor purpurea Sudw. 



Abies concolor purpurea compressa Sudw. 



Abies concolor angustata Sudw. 



Abies concolor lowiana (Murr.) Lemmon. Pale-leaf White Fir. 



Range. — California (Sierra Nevada Mountains) and southern Oregon (Siskiyou 

 Mountains). 



Names in use. — Pale-leaved W T hite Fir (Oal. lit.); California White 

 Fir. 



Abies venusta (Dougl.) Koch. Bristle-cone Fir. 



Range. — Southern California (Santa Lucia Mountains on the northern boundary 

 of San Luis Obispo County and 40 miles northward). 



Names in use. — Fringed Spruce, Bristle-cone Fir (Cal.) ; Santa Lucia 

 Fir (Eng. lit.). 



Abies amabilis (Loud.) Forb. Amabilis Fir. 



Range. — From British Columbia (Fraser River and southward in the Cascade 

 Mountains) to Washington and Oregon. 



Names in use. — Bed Fir; Red Silver Fir (Western Mountains); 

 Fir (Cal.); Lovely Bed Fir (Cal. lit,); Lovely Fir (Cal. lit.); Amabilis 

 or Lovely Fir (Cal. lit.); " Larch" (Oreg. lumbermen). 



