Abies fraseri (Fraser's Fir)

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Abies fraseri, photographed by Jessica Williams — fig. a Jessica Williams, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-16 / obs. 188605944

Abies fraseri, photographed by Zac Peterson — fig. b Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187044740

Abies fraseri, photographed by Michael J. Papay — fig. d Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175036509

Abies fraseri, photographed by Drew Meyer — fig. e Drew Meyer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 172481150

Abies fraseri, photographed by Will Kuhn — fig. g Will Kuhn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163752665

Abies fraseri, photographed by Schyler Brown — fig. h Schyler Brown, CC0 1.0 / obs. 148035561

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Native distribution of Abies fraseri, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.

Region	TDWG code	Continent
North Carolina	NCA	NORTHERN AMERICA
Tennessee	TEN
Virginia	VRG

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

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

Sourcesevery claim on this page

World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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