North Carolina Wildflowers

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Pinaceae > Abies
	Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Avery Co., NC 26 July 2006 Found at high elevations in NC, this small to medium sized tree has become one of the most popular kinds of Christmas tree.
	Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Avery Co., NC 26 July 2006 Firs are distinctive in having a very round needle base where it attaches to the stem.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.