Abies numidica

Algerian fir
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Genus:	Abies
Species:	A. numidica
Binomial name
	Abies numidica; de Lannoy ex Carrière
	Natural range

Abies numidica, the Algerian fir, is a species of

Djebel Babor, the second-highest mountain (2,004 meters) in the Algerian Tell Atlas.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Description

Abies numidica is a medium-sized to large evergreen tree growing to 20–35 meters tall, with a trunk up to 1 meter diameter. The leaves are needle-like, moderately flattened, 1.5–2.5 centimeters long and 2–3 millimeters wide by 1 millimeters thick, glossy dark green with a patch of greenish-white stomata near the tip above, and with two greenish-white bands of stomata below. The tip of the leaf is variable, usually pointed, but sometimes slightly notched at the tip, particularly on slow-growing shoots on older trees. The cones are glaucous green with a pink or violet tinge, maturing brown, 10–20 centimeters long and 4 centimeters broad, with about 150–200 scales, each scale with a short bract (not visible on the closed cone) and two winged seeds; they disintegrate when mature to release the seeds.^[2]

Abies Trees grow in North America(USA and Canada), mainly in the cold, subzero-temperature Mid-West and Northern areas. i.e., Minnesota, Wisconsin, Docatas... (Dr. Adel Faris Alkurdi)

Distribution

Abies numidica grows in a high-altitude

precipitation of 1,500–2,000 milliliters, the great majority of which falls as winter snow; the summers are warm and very dry. It is closely related to Abies pinsapo (Spanish fir), which occurs further west in the Rif mountains of Morocco and in southern Spain.^[2]

Cultivation and uses

Algerian fir, Abies numidica, is occasionally grown as an

ornamental tree in parks and larger gardens. It is valued among firs for its drought tolerance.^{[citation needed}

]

References

^
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T30320A9534972.en
. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

^
ISBN 3-87429-298-3
.

^ Alizoti, P.G.; Fady, B.; Prada, M.A. & Vendramin, G.G. (2009). "Mediterranean firs- Abies Spp" (PDF). EUFORGEN Technical Guidelines for Genetic Conservation and Use. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.

[iucn_status_17_November_2021-1] 
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T30320A9534972.en
. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[farjon-2] 
ISBN 3-87429-298-3
.

[3] Alizoti, P.G.; Fady, B.; Prada, M.A. & Vendramin, G.G. (2009). "Mediterranean firs- Abies Spp" (PDF). EUFORGEN Technical Guidelines for Genetic Conservation and Use. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.

[1]

[2]

[3]