Spanish fir
abies pinsapo latin

Of particular note is the rare abies pinsapo (Spanish fir tree).

Since this Spanish fir is hard to find in the Northeast, it may take some doing to seek it out.

Less common evergreens include maritime pines, Atlas cedars and Spanish firs.

This handsome, rather columnar conifer turned out to be a Spanish fir (Abies pinsapo).

Large colonies of Spanish Fir ("pinsapo").

Spanish firs are related to the North African spruce forests of the Yebala range, in Morocco.

The Spanish Fir (Abies pinsapo) is endemic to the mountains surrounding Ronda.

The giant, century-old Spanish fir in front of Angelico Hall serves as the campus Christmas tree during the holiday season.

Abies pinsapo (Spanish Fir) is a species of fir native to southern Spain and northern Morocco.

Also abundant are Cork Oak (Quercus suber), various pines, and Spanish Fir (Abies pinsapo).

The Spanish Fir (Abies pinsapo) is a true relic which has remained preserved in some mountain ranges around Málaga and Cádiz.

It is closely related to Abies pinsapo (Spanish Fir), which occurs further west in the Rif mountains of Morocco and in southern Spain.

Of the early specimens, only six remain, including a blue Spanish fir with a trunk measuring three and a half feet, believed to be the largest of its kind on Long Island.

In all cases, Spanish fir occupies high mountain zones (such as the Sierra de las Nieves, Sierra Bermeja, and Sierra de Grazalema).

Spanish fir despite the best efforts of conservation and reforestation that have greatly increased the surface pinsapos, still has several threats such as fires, urban projects, erosion, excessive visitors and tourists, etc..

An area of great beauty, the park encompasses a wide variety of flora and fauna, including rare or endangered species like the jujube tree and the Abies pinsapo, a rare Spanish fir.

The garden features a romantic promenade around a pond, and more than 2,500 specimens of trees and plants, including a giant sequoia tree from California six and a half metres in diameter, a bald cypress thirty-five metres high, and a Spanish fir planted before 1850.

The western and central portions are more rainy and are covered in forests of Atlas Cedar, Cork Oak and Holm Oak, as well as the only remaining forests of Moroccan Fir, a subspecies of the Spanish Fir.

Pinsapo ( Abies pinsapo Boiss. )