Abies bracteata
| Abies bracteata | |
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Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Abies |
| Section: | Abies sect. Bracteata |
| Species: | A. bracteata
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| Binomial name | |
| Abies bracteata (D. Don) A. Poit.
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| Abies bracteata native range | |
| Close-up of natural range of Abies bracteata | |
Abies bracteata, the Santa Lucia fir or bristlecone fir, is the rarest fir in North America. It is confined to steep-sided slopes and the bottoms of rocky canyons in the Santa Lucia Mountains, in the Big Sur region on the central coast of California, United States.