Common Names
Fanjingshan fir: Fanjingshan lengshan (Farjon 1990).Taxonomic notes
It is closely related to A. fargesii and is possibly only a subspecies (Farjon 1990).Description
See (Farjon 1990).Range
China: NE Guizhou, Jiangkou Xian, Fanjing Shan (Wuling Shan). This location is at least 500 km to the south of the nearest occurrence of Abies fargesii in the northwestern part of Hubei. It is found at 2100-2300 m elevation as a minor component of mixed conifer-hardwood forest with Tsuga chinensis, Acer flabellatum, Rhododendron hypoglaucum, Enkiartos chinensis, Prunus serrulata and other species (Farjon 1990).back | Abies | Pinaceae | home
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Last modified on 14-Oct-2002