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Abies Miller
Pihdat Firs Balsam Firs
Abies, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Abies, Den Virtuella Floran [DVF]

Foodplants for Achytonix epipaschia, Acleris coniferatum, A. gloverana, Choristoneura occidentalis, Clepsis persicana, Dendrolimus pini, Dioryctria abietella, Egira simplex?, Enypia griseata, E. venata, Eupithecia catalinata, E. tantillaria, Griselda radicana, Lymantria monacha, Macroxyela nearctica, Orgyia pseudotsugata, Sirex cyaneus cyaneus, S. juvencus juvencus, S. noctilio, S. varipes, Syngrapha angulidens?, Urocerus albicornis, U. augur, U. californicus, U. cressoni, U. fantoma, U. gigas flavicornis, U. gigas gigas, Xeris spectrum spectrum, X. spectrum townesi, Zeiraphera hesperiana


fiAbies sibirica Ledeb.
Siperianpihta Siberian Fir Pichtagran
Abies sibirica ; [RK, 58]

Foodplant for Sirex ermak, Thera variata


fiAbies balsamea (L.) Miller
from (Labrador - Albertaa) - to (Pennsylvania, N.Minnesota, NE.Iowa) - Appalachians (Virginia). See [About maps] Palsamipihta Balsam Fir Balsamgran
Abies balsamea ; [IBT, 74]; [RK, 59]

Foodplant for Dasychira plagiata, Feralia jocosa, Neophasia menapia, Syngrapha rectangula, S. viridisigma, Tolype laricis, Xestia (xestia) praevia, Zeiraphera unfortunana


Abies balsamea × sibirica

fiAbies alba Miller
Saksanpihta Saksanjalokuusi Silver Fir Silvergran
Abies pectinata (Lam.); DC.
Abies alba ; [RK, 59]

Foodplant for Acleris abietana, Argyresthia illuminatella, Cydia coniferana, C. duplicana, C. illutana, Pleroneura coniferatum?, P. dahlii?, Synanthedon spuleri, S. vespiformis, Thera variata


Abies grandis (Dougl.) Forbes
Jättiläisjalokuusi Grand Fir Lowland Fir Lowland White Fir Silver Fir Balsam Fir
Abies grandis ; [FPN, 60]

Foodplant for Neophasia menapia, Orgyia pseudotsugata, Promylea lunigerella, Syngrapha celsa


Abies amabilis (Dougl.) Forbes
Pacific Silver Fir Cascade Fir Red Fir Silver Fir
Abies amabilis ; [FPN, 60]

Foodplant for Promylea lunigerella


Abies concolor (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl.
White Fir Balsam Fir White Balsam Fir Silver Fir
Abies concolor ; [FPN, 60]

Foodplant for Choristoneura occidentalis, Cydia bracteatana, Orgyia pseudotsugata, Syngrapha celsa, Ypsolopha rubrella


Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.
Alpine Fir Subalpine Fir Balsam Fir White Balsam Fir
Abies lasiocarpa ; [FPN, 61]

Foodplant for Feralia comstocki, Orgyia antiqua badia, O. pseudotsugata, Syngrapha celsa


Abies procera Rehder
Noble Fir Red Fir White Fir
Abies procera ; [FPN, 61]
[procera-1a.jpg] 1802x1202 (~206Kb) USA: Johnson Ridge (~ 47.796°N 121.257°W), Snohomish Co., WA, 11.8.2006, Photo © Markku Savela [procera-1b.jpg] 1802x1202 (~194Kb) USA: Johnson Ridge (~ 47.796°N 121.257°W), Snohomish Co., WA, 11.8.2006, Photo © Markku Savela [procera-1x.jpg] 1202x1802 (~394Kb) USA: Johnson Ridge (~ 47.796°N 121.257°W), Snohomish Co., WA, 11.8.2006, Photo © Markku Savela


Abies bracteata
Bristlecone Fir

Foodplant for Cydia bracteatana


Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir.
Appalachians (SE.Virginia - W.North Carolina, Tennessee). See [About maps] Fraser Fir
Abies fraseri ; [IBT, 76]

Foodplant for Dasychira plagiata


Abies grandis
Grand Fir

Foodplant for Neophasia menapia, Orgyia pseudotsugata, Promylea lunigerella, Syngrapha celsa


Abies magnifica
California red Fir


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BONAP]
A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program
[DVF]
Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")
[FPN]
Hitchcock & Cronquist, 1998; Flora of the Pacific Northwest (11th ed.); ISBN 0-295-95273-3
[IBT]
Grimm, 1983; The Illustrated Book of Trees
[RK]
Hämet-Ahti, L., Suominen, J., Ulvinen, T. & Uotila, P. (eds), 1998; Retkeilykasvio (Field Flora of Finland); Ed. 4. 656 pp.; Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museum. Helsinki


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