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Treehaven Evergreen Nursery - Pictures of Unusual abies trees (513 words) |
 | Abies nordmanniana: Nordmann fir - native to Russia and Turkey and ornamental in Europe, England and Denmark. |
 | Pacific Silver fir (abies amabilis) - A native fir found in the states of Oregon and Washington, British Columbia and Coastal Alaska. |
 | Cilician fir (abies cilicica) - Native to Turkey and Northern Syria. |
| European spruce ranges (1857 words) |
 | Because of the thorough exploitation and devastation of the forests through the end of the 18th century and the enormous timber demand in early industrial times, the natural forests, which had already regrown after the retreat of the glaciers, were eliminated and eventually reborn as artificial forests. |
 | Today Picea abies comprises 35% of the tree cover in Germany, and most of that is in managed forests. |
 | Picea abies from Jugoslavia is usually identical in appearance to Picea rubens from the Adirondacks and Picea engelmannii from northern Idaho. |