Details for: Ames 35993, Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach subsp. equi-trojani (Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.) Coode & Cullen, Kongsøre FP 267


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach subsp. equi-trojani (Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.) Coode & Cullen
Top Name:
Kongsøre FP 267
Origin:
Collected – Bolu, Turkey
Received by NPGS:
30 Jan 2023
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Life Sex:
Perfect
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach subsp. equi-trojani (Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.) Coode & Cullen
Top Name:
Kongsøre FP 267
Origin:
Collected – Bolu, Turkey
Received by NPGS:
30 Jan 2023
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Tree
Life Sex:
Perfect
Source History
Collected

Bolu, Turkey
Locality: Bolu-Kökez in Turkey.
Coordinates: 40.6613, 31.6459 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Comment: Coordinates refer to general area of Bolu-Kökez.
Donated
2023.
Iowa, United States
Comment: Received via The Brenton Arboretum via Brooks Tree Farm.
Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: NC7.Regional.Ornamental.Plant.Trials
Note: Accessions distributed through the NC-7 Regional Woody Ornamental Trials.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. NC7.Regional.Ornamental.Plant.Trials

Accession Names and Identifiers
Kongsøre FP 267
Type: Developer identifier

Ames 35993
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Narrative
Evergreen conifer with potential to reach 30 m in height. Typically straight trunked with a pyramidal crown that flattens with age. Increasing in use in the USA for Christmas tree production, but also popular as landscape, specimen trees. Known to tolerate high soil temps, low elevations, and adapted to warm and dry climates along with some resistance to Phytophthora root rot. Many studies refer to A. equi-trojani and A. bornmuelleriana separately, where A. equi-trojani covers the westernmost range found localized on the Kazdağı Mountain (Mount Ida) in northwestern Turkey and where A. bornmuelleriana ranges south from the Black Sea in the Köroğlu, Ilgaz, and Küre Mountains typically found in elevations ranging from 1024-1690 m. Despite the debate on the botanical relationship of these, Turkish (A. bornmuelleriana), Nordmann (A. nordmanniana), and Trojan (A. equi-trojani) are morphologically difficult to separate. Needle form on A. bornmuelleriana tends to be finer and more like a bottlebrush relative to the more flatter needles and flatter needle tips on A. nordmanniana (Landgren 2016). Compared to A. equi-trojani, A. bornmuelleriana has longer and wider needles and also wider cone and higher cone width/length ratio (Kurt et al., 2016). Current (2023) taxonomic classification lists both Turkish fir, A. bornmuelleriana, and Trojan fir, A. equi-trojani, under A. nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani. This accession, Kongsøre FP 267, is the result of germplasm acquired from an orchard planted in 1987 in Denmark (Wedellsborg Estate) that encompassed trees (80 plus out of some 13,000) selected for desirable Christmas tree type characteristics including late flushing, vitality, slim shape, symmetry, and many internodial branches and buds. The original germplasm for the Wedellsborg Estate orchard was collected in the Bolu-Kökez region of Turkey.
Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach subspp. equi-trojani (Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.) Coode & Cullen
Genus:
Abies
Section:
Abies
Family:
Pinaceae
Nomen number:

407016
Place of publication:

Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26:167. 1965
Verified:
12/02/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach (9 active accession[s])
Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach subsp. nordmanniana (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Abies pectinata (Lam.) Lam. & DC. var. equi-trojani Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Abies equi-trojani (Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.) Mattf.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Abies bornmuelleriana Mattf.
Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach subsp. bornmuelleriana (Mattf.) Coode & Cullen

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishTurkey fir as Abies bornmuelleri1Liu, T.-S. 1971. A monograph of the genus Abies Note: lists as Abies ×bornmuelleriana as Abies bornmuelleriana
Swedishbornmüllergran  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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NC7 Trials Plant Description
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  • Description Of NC7 Ornamental Trials: The NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials, began in 1954 through the efforts of a small group of dedicated horticulturists under the leadership of Professor S.A. McCrory of South Dakota State College (now University). The north central United States is a region of climatic extremes, and many parts of the region have alkaline soils that developed under grasslands. Because of these conditions, the diversity found in commercially available woody plants adapted to the area is less than that found in most other parts of our nation. The NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials were started with the ultimate goal of expanding the range of useful plants in the nursery trade. The emphasis in this program has been placed on detailed, long-term evaluations at a broad range of sites rather than on promotion of new plants. The NC-7 Trials rely on a network of horticultural cooperators located at sites scattered across the Central United States. Cooperators establish plantings, observe and evaluate the plants through the seasons, and prepare performance reports one, five, and ten years after planting. These reports are sent to the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station (NCRPIS) in Ames, Iowa where they are recorded. Because of the broad range of environments found among the trial sites, it is unusual for any particular trial plant to perform well at a majority of the sites, making system-wide releases difficult. However, when plants perform especially well at sites, the NCRPIS Horticulturist assists trial site cooperators in introducing the new plants, with any official releases initiated through the cooperators' institutions rather than through the Plant Introduction Station.
  • Description Of NC7 Ornamental Trials: The NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials, began in 1954 through the efforts of a small group of dedicated horticulturists under the leadership of Professor S.A. McCrory of South Dakota State College (now University). The north central United States is a region of climatic extremes, and many parts of the region have alkaline soils that developed under grasslands. Because of these conditions, the diversity found in commercially available woody plants adapted to the area is less than that found in most other parts of our nation. The NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials were started with the ultimate goal of expanding the range of useful plants in the nursery trade. The emphasis in this program has been placed on detailed, long-term evaluations at a broad range of sites rather than on promotion of new plants. The NC-7 Trials rely on a network of horticultural cooperators located at sites scattered across the Central United States. Cooperators establish plantings, observe and evaluate the plants through the seasons, and prepare performance reports one, five, and ten years after planting. These reports are sent to the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station (NCRPIS) in Ames, Iowa where they are recorded. Because of the broad range of environments found among the trial sites, it is unusual for any particular trial plant to perform well at a majority of the sites, making system-wide releases difficult. However, when plants perform especially well at sites, the NCRPIS Horticulturist assists trial site cooperators in introducing the new plants, with any official releases initiated through the cooperators' institutions rather than through the Plant Introduction Station.
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
  • Kurt, Y., J. Frampton, F. Isik, C. Landgren, & G. Chastagner. 2016. Variation in needle and cone characteristics and seed germination ability of Abies bornmuelleriana and Abies equi-trojani populations from Turkey. Turk. J. Agric. Forest. 40(2):169-176. DOI: 10.3906/tar-1502-101. Note: Reference to taxon and not this specific accession. Number of accessions cited: 2
  • Landgren, C. G. 2016. Developing quality Christmas trees in the Pacific Northwest. In: Landgren, C., Developing quality Christmas trees in the Pacific Northwest PNW 684:1-32. Note: Reference to taxon and not this specific accession. Number of accessions cited: 2
  • Nielsen, U. B., C. B. Hansen, U. Hansen, V. K. Johansen, & U. Egertsdotter. 2022. Accumulated effects of factors determining plant development from somatic embryos of Abies nordmanniana and Abies bornmuelleriana. Front. Plant Sci. 13:1-19. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.989484. Number of accessions cited: 1
  • Thompson, J. & C. LaFaver. 2001. The quest for conifers. Ames For. 89(1):7-10. Note: Reference to observations of confirs in the Midwest. Number of accessions cited: 2
  • Xu, J., U. B. Nielsen, & O. K. Hansen. 2018. Ad hoc breeding of Abies bornmülleriana for Christmas tree production using a combination of DNA markers and quantitative genetics—a case study. Tree Genet. Genomes 14(64):1-15. DOI: 10.1007/s11295-018-1276-7. Number of accessions cited: 1
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