Abies alba
Abies alba , the European silver fir or silver fir , is a fir native to the mountains of Europe , from the Pyrenees north to Normandy , east to the Alps and the Carpathians , Slovenia , Croatia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Montenegro , Serbia , and south to Italy , Bulgaria , Albania and northern Greece; it is also commonly grown on Christmas tree plantations in the North East region of North America spanning New England in the US to the Maritime provinces of Canada . 
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