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Abies pindrow (West Himalayan Fir; Pindrow fir)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Pindrow Fir or West Himalayan Fir (Abies pindrow) is a fir native to the western Himalaya and adjacent mountains, from northeast Afghanistan east through northern Pakistan and India to central Nepal. It grows at altitudes of 2,400-3,700 m in forests together with Deodar Cedar, Blue Pine and Morinda Spruce, typically occupying cooler, moister north-facing slopes. It is a large evergreen tree growing to 40-60 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of up to 2-2.5 m.
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Infraspecies

Abies pindrow var. brevifolia
Abies pindrow var. pindrow

Attributes

Height [2]  98 feet (30 m)
Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Wood - light, soft, not very durable. Used for house interiors, cases, furniture, water troughs and fuel;
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Predators

Abraxas fuscescens[3]
Abraxas lugubris[3]
Aonidiella abietina[4]
Auchmis indica[3]
Cinara confinis[5]
Cinara pectinatae[5]
Dioryctria abietella[3]
Ectropis deodarae[3]
Lepidosaphes murreeana <Unverified Name>[4]
Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkey)[6]
Moschus chrysogaster (alpine musk deer)[7]
Pinnaspis buxi (bamboo mussel-scale)[5]

Distribution

Himalaya: from Afghanistan east to Nepal, Karakoram Range TDWG: 34 AFG 40 NEP WHM-HP WHM-JK WHM-UT; Himalaya: from Afghanistan east to Nepal, Karakoram Range. TDWG: 34 AFG 40 NEP PAK WHM-HP WHM-JK WHM-UT;

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Citations

Species recognized by Farjon A., Jul-2011, Conifer Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 6Ecology of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) in Northwest Pakistan, S. J. Goldstein and A. F. Richard, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 10, No. 6, 1989, pp. 531-567 ♦ 7Food plants and feeding habits of Himalayan ungulates, Anjali Awasthi, Sanjay Kr. Uniyal, Gopal S. Rawat and S. Sathyakumar, CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 85, NO. 6, 25 SEPTEMBER 2003
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