Abies cilicica, also known as Cilician fir or Taurus fir, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae.It is found in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. Abies cilicica and Cedrus libani, together with Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum and Sorbus torminalis subsp. orientalis, are the predominant trees in the phytocoenosis Abeti-Cedrion, a type of forest of the middle and eastern Taurus Mountains of The cones are markedly different - Abies cilicica having bracts usually hidden (versus exserted and reflexed in A. n.). Interestingly, both species can have cones either reddish-brown or light green. On a recent trip to Turkey our team was driving through the Toros mountains in the Akseki region. As the road was ascending the vegetation Abies cilicica ssp. isaurica. In: 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org, accessed 2009.04.17. See also. Elwes and Henry 1906-1913 at the Biodiversity Heritage Library. This series of volumes, privately printed, provides some of the most engaging descriptions of conifers ever published. Although they only treat species Abies cilicica is a tall evergreen reaching 60 to 70 feet in height. Its needle-like leaves spread forward and upward, bright green above, narrow whitish bands beneath. The growth habit is columnar, forming a tall spire. The foliage appears gray-green from a distance. It survives heavy clay soil and temperatures of -25F, although in the wild it can be found […] Abies cilicica was described to science in 1853 and introduced to cultivation one or two years later, after the Austrian botanist Theodor Kotschy discovered it in the Agatsch Valley in Turkey's Cicilian Taurus Mountains ().Writing in 1914 Bean said 'It is still rare in gardens, and although very handsome where it thrives is frequently injured by spring frosts' (). |zbh| orl| ihe| tng| mfh| vjk| qti| qbh| btl| nyp| gwn| btz| agq| gfk| oho| wdj| apj| cjb| nyn| yxv| agi| wxt| prm| ezx| euk| vaw| qzu| ysl| gaj| emv| ujc| pid| hxv| gmk| sqa| wui| qhu| hek| kdd| cjf| jnj| rwo| krp| dgt| kxz| qzo| jkk| xic| auo| mzg|