Pinaceae

Fraser's fir

Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies

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Common names

By language (23)

Arabic: شوح فراسيري
arz: شوح فراسيرى
Belarusian: Піхта Фразера
Chinese: 弗雷澤冷杉, 弗雷泽冷杉
Czech: Jedle Fraserova
Dutch: Fraserspar
English: Fraser's fir, Fraser fir
Estonian: Fraseri nulg
Finnish: Virginianpihta
French: Sapin de Fraser
German: Fraser-Tanne, Frasers Tanne, Frasertanne
Hebrew: אשוח פרייזר
Hungarian: Fraser-jegenyefenyő, Allegheny-jegenyefenyő
Icelandic: Glæsiþinur
Japanese: フラセリーモミ
koi: Фразер ньыв
Korean: 프레이저전나무
Malayalam: ഫ്രേസർ ഫിർ
Persian: نراد فریزر
Polish: Jodła Frasera
Russian: Пихта Фразера, Пихта Фрезера, Пихта Фрейзера
Swedish: Virginiagran
udm: Фразер ньылпу

Synonyms

Abies balsamea subsp. fraseri (Pursh) A.E.Murray
Abies balsamea var. fraseri (Pursh) Spach
Abies fraseri f. fraseri
Abies fraseri f. prostrata Rehder
Abies fraseri var. prostrata (Rehder) Hornibr.
Abies humilis Bach.Pyl.
Picea balsamea var. fraseri (Pursh) J.Nelson
Picea fraseri (Pursh) Loudon
Picea hudsonia Gordon
Pinus balsamea var. fraseri (Pursh) Nutt.
Pinus fraseri Pursh

Flowers

Flower colour: purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, 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.