Herbarium Specimen Details

Abies concolor
Family Name Pinaceae
Currently Accepted Name Abies concolor Gordon & Glend. Lindl. ex Hildebr. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, 2001
Locality USA. California , Riverside Co. : San Jacinto Mountains, San Jacinto Wilderness; W of Palm Springs; trails S of visitor building at terminus of Palm Springs Aerial Tramway; vicinity of Long Meadow and higher ridges. 33° 49' 0" N 116° 38' 0" W
Description Co-dominant tree ca. 20 m tall, pleasant balsam aroma; needles upswept, male cones mature to senescent; female immature.
Habitat Mountain ridge; granitic gneissic metamorphic rock, pockets of humus and sandy soil; coniferous forest dominated by Abies concolor, Quercus sp., Pinus jeffreyi, P. lambertiana, Arctostaphylos patula, Cercocarpus ledifolius.
Reproductive State Fertile
Elevation 8500 to ft
Collector S. R. Hill
with K. Kramer and family
Collection Date 26 Apr 2001
Accession Number 234196
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