| 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 exerted 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> | |