Eastern fir

Japanese: eastern fir(英語表記)easternfir
Eastern fir

... There are about 40 species of Abies (fir) distributed from the warm to subarctic zones of the Northern Hemisphere, and in the subarctic zone, they form evergreen coniferous forests together with spruce species. The balsam fir (A. balsamea (L.) Mill.) of northeastern North America is famous for extracting resin, or Canada balsam, from its bark. The grand fir ( A. grandis Lindl.) of western North America reaches a height of 100 m, and the Colorado fir ( A. concolor Lindl. ex Hildbr.) has silvery-white needles on both sides. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "eastern fir" is listed below.

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Japanese:

… モミ属Abies(英名fir)は北半球の暖帯から亜寒帯に約40種が分布し,とくに亜寒帯ではトウヒ属樹種とともに常緑針葉樹林を構成する。北アメリカ北東部のバルサムモミA.balsamea (L.) Mill.(英名balsam fir,eastern fir)は樹皮から樹脂,すなわちカナダバルサムを採るので名高い。北アメリカ西部のグランドモミA.grandis Lindl.(英名grand fir)は高さ100mに達し,コロラドモミA.concolor Lindl.ex Hildbr.(英名Colorado fir,white fir)は針葉の両面とも銀白色を呈する。…

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