Abies alba
In the oriental Alps of Italy, silver firs grow in mixed forests with Norway spruce, beech, and other trees.Its cone scales are eaten by the caterpillars of the tortrix moth Cydia illutana, while C. duplicana feeds on the bark around injuries or canker.[9][7] The extract from the trunk was shown to prevent atherosclerosis in guinea pigs[10] and to have cardioprotective effect in isolated rat hearts.[11] Silver fir wood extract was found to reduce the post-prandial glycemic response (concentration of sugar in the blood after the meal) in healthy volunteers.As well as in its native area, it is also grown on Christmas tree plantations in the northeast region of North America spanning New England in the USA to the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
Conservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesGymnospermaePinophytaPinopsidaPinalesPinaceaeBinomial nameSynonymsmountainsEuropePyreneesNormandyCarpathiansSlovakiaSloveniaCroatiaBosnia and HerzegovinaMontenegroSerbiaBulgariaKosovoAlbaniaGreeceSeedlingsevergreenconiferousleavesstomataNorway spruceScots pineEuropean beechAbies borisii-regisSpanish firAbies pinsapoAbies nebrodensisSicilydinaric calcareous block fir forestBalkan Peninsulacaterpillarstortrix mothCydia illutanaC. duplicanacankerpolyphenolsgallichomovanillicprotocatechuicp-hydroxybenzoicvanillicp-coumaricflavonoidscatechinepicatechinlignanssecoisolariciresinollariciresinolhydroxymatairesinolmatairesinolpinoresinolatherosclerosiscardioprotectiveRoman timesessential oilspruce beerChristmas treeNordmann firtimberplywoodpulpwoodhoneydewaphidshoney beesIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesWorld Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesRoyal Botanic Gardens, KewThe Plant ListWorld Flora OnlineSimon & SchusterIn GermanEuropean Forest Genetic Resources ProgrammeWikidataWikispeciesEcocropiNaturalistObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifePlant ListTropicos