Abies nordmanniana

Adaxial surface showing notched leaf tips. Whanganui. Dec 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Abaxial view showing notched leaf tips. Whanganui. Dec 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Adaxial view of notched leaf tips Whanganui. Dec 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

Caucasian fir

Family

Pinaceae

Authority

Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms

Flower colours

No flowers

Year naturalised

1988

Origin

Black Sea and W. Caucasus

Etymology

abies: Origin unclear, possibly from the Latin verb abeo ‘depart’, referring to the great height attained by some species