Pinaceae
Silver fir
Abies alba
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Abies
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Common names
By language (64)
- Albanian
- Bredhi i bardhë
- Arabic
- شوح أبيض, تنوب, تنوب أبيض, تنوب مشطي
- arz
- شوح ابيض
- Asturian
- Abetu común
- azb
- آوروپا آغ شامی
- Azerbaijani
- Avropa ağ şamı
- Basque
- Izei zuri
- Belarusian
- Піхта белая, Піхта еўрапейская
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена ела, Бяла ела
- Catalan
- Avet blanc, Avet comú
- Chinese
- 銀冷杉, 银冷杉, 欧洲冷杉, 欧洲银冷杉
- Corsican
- Ghjaddicu
- crh
- Ak-narus, Ak-ládin, Ak-şîrşî
- Croatian
- Jela, Obična jela
- csb
- Zwëczajnô jedlëna
- Czech
- Jedle bělokorá
- Danish
- Almindelig Ædelgran, Ædelgran
- dsb
- Běła jedła
- Dutch
- Gewone zilverspar
- English
- Silver fir, European silver fir
- Esperanto
- Blanka abio
- Estonian
- Euroopa nulg, Valge nulg
- Finnish
- Saksanpihta, Saksanjalokuusi, Saksankuusi
- French
- Sapin Blanc, Abiès alba, Sapin argenté, Sapin commun, Sapin noir, Sapin pectiné, Vuargne
- frp
- Vârnyo
- Galician
- Abeto branco
- German
- Weiss-Tanne, Weiß-Tanne, Weisstanne, Weißtanne
- Greek
- Λευκή ελάτη
- Hebrew
- אשוח כסוף
- hsb
- Běła jědla
- Hungarian
- Közönséges jegenyefenyő
- io
- Blank abieto
- Italian
- Abete bianco, Abeti bianchi
- Japanese
- ヨーロッパモミ
- koi
- Чочком ньыв
- Korean
- 유럽전나무
- Kyrgyz
- Аккарагай
- Latvian
- Eiropas baltegle, Baltegle
- Lithuanian
- Europinis kėnis
- Luxembourgish
- Wäiss-Dänn, Wäissdänn
- Macedonian
- Обична елка
- Malayalam
- അബിസ് ആൽബ, യൂറോപ്യൻ സിൽവർ ഫിർ,സിൽവർ ഫിർ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vanlig edelgran, Edelgran
- Occitan
- Avet blanc
- os
- Урс соцъи
- Persian
- نراد نقرهای
- Polish
- Jodła pospolita, Jodła biała
- Portuguese
- Abeto branco, Abeto prateado, Abeto-branco, Abeto-prateado, Ábies
- Romanian
- Brad argintiu, Bradul argintiu
- Romansh
- Aviez
- Russian
- Пихта белая, Белая пихта, Пихта гребенчатая
- Serbian
- Европска јела
- Serbian (Latin)
- Jela
- Slovak
- Jedľa biela, Albies alba, Jedľa bielokôra
- Slovenian
- Bela jelka, Navadna jelka
- Spanish
- Abeto blanco, Abeto branco, Abeto comun, Abeto pectinado, Pinabete comun, Pinabete común, Pino abeto
- Swedish
- Silvergran
- Turkish
- Orta Avrupa göknarı, Ak göknar, Orta Avrupa köknarı
- udm
- Тӧдьы ньылпу
- Ukrainian
- Ялиця біла
- vec
- Tana, Abete bianco, Avedin
- Vietnamese
- Thông bạc
- Welsh
- Ffynidwydden arian
- wuu
- 银冷杉
Synonyms
- Abies abies Rusby
- Abies alba f. columnaris (Carrière) Rehder
- Abies alba f. compacta Rehder
- Abies alba f. pendula (Carrière) Rehder
- Abies alba f. pyramidalis (Carrière) Voss
- Abies alba subsp. alba
- Abies alba subsp. apennina Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp.
- Abies alba subsp. pardei (Gaussen) Silba
- Abies alba var. brevifolia Mattf.
- Abies alba var. columnaris (Carrière) C.K.Schneid.
- Abies alba var. compacta Rehder
- Abies alba var. glauca Gordon
- Abies alba var. pardei (Gaussen) Silba
- Abies alba var. podolica R.I.Schröd.
- Abies argentea Chambray
- Abies baldensis (Zuccagni) Zucc. ex Nyman
- Abies candicans Fisch. ex Endl.
- Abies chlorocarpa Purk. ex Nyman
- Abies duplex Hormuz. ex Beissn.
- Abies excelsa Link
- Abies metensis Gordon
- Abies miniata Knight ex Gordon
- Abies minor Gilib.
- Abies nobilis A.Dietr.
- Abies pardei Gaussen
- Abies pectinata Lam. & DC.
- Abies pectinata f. pendula (Carrière) Conw.
- Abies pectinata var. columnaris Carrière
- Abies pectinata var. pendula Carrière
- Abies pectinata var. pendula-gracilis Sénécl.
- Abies pectinata var. pyramidalis Carrière
- Abies picea (L.) Lindl.
- Abies rinzii K.Koch
- Abies taxifolia Duhamel
- Abies taxifolia Desf.
- Abies taxifolia Raf.
- Abies tenuirifolia Beissn.
- Abies vulgaris Poir.
- Peuce abies (Du Roi) Rich.
- Picea excelsa Wender.
and 16 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Steve & Jemma Copley on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan R. Lascorz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Irene Fuetsch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Thomas Dreger, Suhl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Michael Laugesen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Crusier, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Adelina Maria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Crusier, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: xrona, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Crusier, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Matthieu Fritz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Crusier, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.