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Scientific Name: | Abies koreana |
Common Name: | Korean fir |
Family Name: | Pinaceae |
Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
Plant Type: | Conifer |
Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
Texture: | Medium - fine |
Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant, Tall background, Wind break, Winter interest |
Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Leathery, Glabrous, Glaucous, Lustrous, Falcate, Linear, Obovate, Entire |
Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Brown, Mar-Apr |
Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Blue, Violet, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
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. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Abies_koreana.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> |