Abies amabilis Dougl. ex Forbes
(Red Silver-fir)

Interactions where Abies amabilis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
needle		needle is parasitised by hypophyllous, in rows either side of midrib aecium			Milesina blechni	Hard Fern Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina blechni/	Milesina blechni	hard fern rust		hypophyllous, in rows either side of midrib		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies amabilis/	Abies amabilis	red silver-fir			needle					hypophyllous, in rows either side of midrib aecium parasitises needle
needle		needle is parasitised by pycnium			Milesina blechni	Hard Fern Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina blechni/	Milesina blechni	hard fern rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies amabilis/	Abies amabilis	red silver-fir			needle					pycnium parasitises needle

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Abies amabilis (Red Silver-fir) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Abies
(firs)

PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Introduced conifers
(conifers grown in Britain, but not native)

Evergreen trees and shrubs
(evergreens)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Abies amabilis (Red Silver-fir)
Genus	Abies (firs)
Family	PINACEAE (pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)
Order	PINALES (conifers)
Class	PINOPSIDA (conifers)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Abies amabilis (Red Silver-fir)

Abies amabilis (Red Silver-fir) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Abies amabilis (Red Silver-fir):

PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

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