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IUFRO COLLECTIONS OF ABIES PROCERA1

A collection of provenances of Abies procera Rehd. was made in 1978 by A.M. Fletcher, Chairman of IUFRO Working Party S2.02.14 (“Abies provenances”). The collections were made from a wide range of areas in the States of Washington and Oregon, U.S.A. 30–40 trees were sampled at each collecting site. Collection was made by climbing.

Seed of 14 out of the 22 provenances originally included in the collections is still available and is presently stored at Humlebaek, Denmark. The cost of the seed is as follows:

Plants per SampleCost US Dollars
10,000100  
  5,00060
  4,00055
  3,00050
  2,00045
200– 1,000       40

Orders should be placed to Mr. H. Barner, Danish State Forestry Tree Improvement Station, DK-3050 Humlebaek, Denmark; with a copy to Dr. A.M. Fletcher, Forestry Commission, Northern Research Station, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, U.K.

1 A fuller account of the collections is given in IUFRO W.P. S2.02.14 Circular Letter No.7, available from H. Barner and A.M. Fletcher (see addresses in text).

Abies procera seed in store as of 31 July 1979

IUFRO
No
LocationLatitude
(°N)
Longitude
(°W)
Altitude
(m)
13003Grass Mountain, North West of Alsea, Oregon44°26'123°40'1060
  13004 2Mary's Peak, South West of Philomath, Oregon44°30'123°33'1065
13006Snow Peak, South of Mehama, Oregon44°39'122°35'1060
13007Elk Lake, North of Detroit, Oregon44°49'122°06'1200
13009One Hundred Road, East of Molalla, Oregon45°06'122°18'1130
13010Elk Mtn., Southeast Mt. Hood, Oregon45°20'121°39'1220
   13011 2Larch Mtn., East of Portland Oregon45°32'122°06'  975
13012Mt. Defiance, North West of Dee, Oregon45°38'121°44'1125
13013Larch Mtn., East of Battle ground, Washington45°43'122°17'  975
13014Red Mtn., West of Trout Lake, Washington45°56'121°50'1220
13018McKinley Lake, East of Morton, Washington46°35'122°08'  900
13020Stampede Pass, North Cascades, Washington47°14'121°22'1065
   13021 2Stevens Pass, North Cascades, Washington47°43'121°08'1000
13022Overgaard Forest Estate Cmpt. 6 Selected stand F402, Jutland, Denmark56°41'  10°15'   30

2 Control. All three controls should be included in provenance trials.


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