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Abies alba Mill.

Silver fir; European silver fir

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Spruce
Deutsch Tanne, Weisstanne
English Silver fir; European silver fir;
Français Sapin; sapin pectiné
Italiano Abete bianco; Abete comune, Abezzo; Avezzo
Suomi Tanne, Weisstanne
Norsk Edelgran
Čeština Jedle belokorá
Español Abeto; Pinabete
Svenska Silvergran
Polski Tanne, Weisstanne
Український Tanne, Weisstanne
Român Tanne, Weisstanne
Русский пихта белая (pikhta belaya) (pihta belaa (pikhta belaya));
Български Tanne, Weisstanne
EESTI Tanne, Weisstanne
日本語 ヨーロッパモミ
中文 欧洲冷杉 (ou zhou leng shan) (ou zhou leng shan (ou zhou leng shan))
Other names Gewone zilverspar [Dutch]; Közönséges jegenyefenyo [Hungarian]; jedla [Serbian]; jedla biela [Slovak]; jodla pospolita [Polish]; obicna jela;

Origin

Geographic Regions Europe; North America
States and Territories Europe: From the Pyrenees to the Carpathians, Italy (Apennines) and in the Balkan Peninsula to Bulgaria and N Greece.; Middle Europe; Austria; Liechtenstein; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Switzerland; Southwestern Europe; Corsica; France; Andorra; Spain; Southeastern Europe; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece; Italy; Romania; European Turkey; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Kosovo; Macedonia; Montenegro; Serbia; Slovenia; Eastern Europe; Ukraine
Swiss wood Native in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Gymnosperm
Class Pinopsida
Order Pinales
Family Pinaceae
Genus Abies
Species alba
Author citation Mill.
Scientific name Abies alba Mill.

Habitus

Wood type Softwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 4
Mushrooms laboratory 4
House longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus) S
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) S
Termites S
Remarks Anfällig für Bläue Nicht beständig gegen Bohrmuscheln

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 2-3
Impregnability of the sapwood 2v
Width of the sapwood x

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 440.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 460.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 480.00 kg/m3

Areas of application

Cladding; Furniture; Doors & Windowframes; Construction; Agriculture; interior panelling; plywood

Appearances

Wood

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , aufbau , ©Bollinger Furniere

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , gedaempft, aufbau , ©Atlas Holz

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , gedaempft, rift , ©Atlas Holz

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , geschaelt(1) , ©Atlas Holz

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , geschaelt(2) , ©Atlas Holz

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , geschaelt(3) , ©Atlas Holz

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , rift , ©Atlas Holz

Silver fir;  European silver fir

Abies alba , ©Lignum

Silver fir;  European silver fir

Abies alba , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Tree

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , Baum, IMG, 7521 ,

Branch

Silver fir;  European silver fir

ABAL , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson