Abies fraseri, Fir

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Description:

One pressed specimen of a Fraser balsam fir that was collected from Canada by "Mrs. Percival"; the original label, still on the specimen, has the penciled notation, "from Elliotts Herb.[m?]." Fraser balsam firs are listed as "Endangered" on the IUCN Red List (2013), its decline due to an alien pathogen (insect) that has been decreasing populations since the 1960's.

Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir.