Scientific Name:
Abies koreana
Pronunciation:
AY-beez kor-ee-AY-nah
Common Name:
Korean fir
Family Name:
Pinaceae
Plant Type:
Conifer
Key ID Features:
Needles crowded, spreading upwards and outwards, nearly spirally arranged, straight, keeled below, shiny green above, glaucous and bluish-white below; stomata usually absent above, with 10 stomatal lines below, 1-2.5cm long x 2-3mm (wider towards apex), apex notched; seed cones clustered, erect, conical, 4-7cm long x 2-3cm wide, mostly purplish (less commonly greenish-red, reddish-purple, or violet-blue) with white resin spots; scales reniform, 10-12 x 12-16mm at mid cone; bracts exserted and reflexed, reddish-brown to yellowish-green; seeds ovoid, violet-purple, 7mm long with reddish-brown wing. Conifers.org
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Pyramidal - widely
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
7 - 10m
Mature Spread:
5 - 7m
Growth Rate:
Slow
Origin:
S.E. Asia / Japan / China (South Korea)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Exposure:
Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Specimen plant, Tall background, Wind break, Winter interest
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include A. 'Kohouts Icebreaker' (at Darts Hill), A. 'Oberon', A. 'Silberlocke', A. 'Silver Show', and A. 'Prostrate Beauty' (at UBC). Over 60 culivars.
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Needle-like
Arrangement:
Spiraled
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Glaucous, Lustrous
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green, lower surface silverish
Colour in Fall:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Falcate, Linear, Obovate
Apices:
Emarginate or retuse
Bases:
Attenuate
Margins:
Entire
Inflorescence Type:
n/a (male cone)
Flower Morphology:
Monoecious plant
Colour (petals):
Male cone, No flowers, Brown
Flower Time at Peak:
Mar, Apr
Fruit Type:
Cone (winged seeds)
Fruit Colour:
Blue, Violet, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
Additional Info:
Showy, Persistent, Can form on very young plants
Bark Morphology:
Plated, Smooth, Deeply fissured
Bark or Stem Colour:
Grey, Dark Grey
Additional Info:
Smooth with resin blisters on younger trees, becomming furrowed and plate-like, purplish then pale gray, inner-bark reddish-brown Conifers.org
Organ Modifications:
Ectomycorrhizae
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Aphids or adelgids, Blight or needle cast, Caterpillar or cutworm, Root rot, Rust (Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- HORT 2355
Location(s):
- (GRB) GRass Bed
- (GRBE) GRass Bed East : cv. Silver Show or Silberlocke?
- (NRY) NuRserY : cvs. Oberon, Silberlocke, Silver Show - now planted out?
- (WLG) WoodLand Garden : cv.?