Firs of the Mediterreanean region.
A. alba = Dark yellow.
A. cephalonica = Cyan.
A. cilicica = Dark green.
A. marocana = Dark red.
A. nebrodensis = Yellow.
A. nordmanniana = Purple.
A. numidica = Red.
A. pinsapo = Blue (3).
Common Names
Moroccan fir (1).Taxonomic notes
Syn: A. pinsapo subsp. marocana (Trabut.) Cetallos & Bolanos 1968. "A. marocana was found by Joly in the mountains of South Teutan, Morocco, in 1906. According to Ceballos (2), both this fir and A. tazaotana should be regarded as subspecies or varieties of A. pinsapo" (1).Description
"A small tree. Crown conical. Shoots gray-yellow, glabrous, slightly grooved. BUDS ovate, resinous. Needles similar to those of A. pinsapo, but somewhat longer (10-15 mm) and wider, yet not so thick; resin ducts marginal. Cones cylindrical, tapering on both ends, 10 cm long or somewhat shorter, up to 6 cm thick, light brown in the middle; seed scales 28-35 mm wide; bract scales hidden. Seed 12 mm in length" (1).Range
Morocco (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Vidakovic 1991.(2) Ceballos, L. 1968: Mapa forestal de España. Dirección General de Montes. Madrid.
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Last modified on 19-Jan-1999