any of various fir trees the leaves of which have a silvery undersurface, esp Abies alba, an important timber tree of central and S Europe
silver fir in American English
noun
a coniferous tree, Abies alba, native to Europe, the young branches of which are covered with grayish fuzz
Word origin
[1700–10]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camera, cirrus, cozy, emphatic, sliding scale
Examples of 'silver fir' in a sentence
silver fir
The study was performed in a managed silver fir forest site.
Tina Unuk, Tijana Martinović, Tijana Martinović, Domen Finžgar, Nataša Šibanc, NatašaŠibanc, Tine Grebenc, Hojka Kraigher 2019, 'Root-Associated Fungal Communities From Two Phenologically Contrasting Silver Fir(Abies alba Mill.) Groups of Trees', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00214/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The paper presents the spatial, age and size structures of individuals in silver fir population.
Maria Mazur 2014, 'Structure and dynamics of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) population in forest communitiesof the Świętokrzyski National Park. I. The population structure', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/1580. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The bilberry seems to be a better bioindicator of heavy metal pollution than silver fir.
Borgulat Jacek, Staszewski Tomasz, Łukasik Włodzimierz, Jałowiecki Łukasz 2017, 'Mineral status of plants and soil in silver fir stands of the Silesian and ŻywiecBeskidy (Western Carpathians)', E3S Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20171700008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Among different species silver fir has been introduced on a large scale.
Borgulat Jacek, Staszewski Tomasz, Łukasik Włodzimierz, Jałowiecki Łukasz 2017, 'Mineral status of plants and soil in silver fir stands of the Silesian and ŻywiecBeskidy (Western Carpathians)', E3S Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20171700008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mean genetic distance among all silver fir populations was 0.005.
Andrzej Lewandowski, Maciej Filipiak, Jarosław Burczyk 2014, 'Genetic variation of Abies alba Mill. in Polish part of Sudety Mts.', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/684. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In artificial regeneration, silver fir damage predominated (68% in winter 2003).
Petr Čermák, Pavel Grundmann 2006, 'Effects of browsing on the condition and development of regeneration of trees in theregion of Rýchory (KRNAP)', Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensishttps://acta.mendelu.cz/54/1/0007/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This may be the result of pollen influx from other silver fir stands.
Pawlaczyk Ewa M., Bobowicz Maria A. 2017, 'Variability of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) progeny from the Tisovik Reserve expressedin needle traits and chloroplast microsatellite DNA', Biodiversity: Research and Conservationhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biorc.2017.45.issue-1/biorc-2017-0001/biorc-2017-0001.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Silver fir trees infected by mistletoe have been found in 55% of all 86 sample plots.
Catalina Barbu 2010, 'The incidence and distribution of white mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. abietis) on Silverfir (Abies alba Mill.) stands from Eastern Carpathians', Annals of Forest Researchhttp://www.editurasilvica.ro/afr/53/1/03_barbu.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Selection at age 6-10 could increase genetic gain in volume in mature silver fir trees.
Mihai G, Mirancea I 2016, 'Age trends in genetic parameters for growth and quality traits in Abies alba', iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestryhttps://iforest.sisef.org/contents/?id=ifor1766-009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)