Algerian fir
abies numidica latin

Algerian Fir, Abies numidica, is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in parks and larger gardens.

Algerian Fir (Abies nordmanniana)

Abies numidica (Algerian Fir) is a species of fir, found only in Algeria, where it is endemic on Djebel Babor, the second-highest mountain (2,004 m) in the Algerian Tell Atlas.

A team led by Belgian botanist Jean-Pierre Ledant, had been at the Djebel Babor mountain in the Petite Kabylie range in northern Algeria, for a different purpose, the study of the Algerian fir tree species.

Algerian Fir, Abies numidica, is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in parks and larger gardens.

As a consequence, the northern slopes of the Tell Atlas are forested with the endemic Abies numidica, and Atlas Cedar, pine, and cork oak.