- Abies koreana
Taxobox
name = Korean Fir
status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Pinophyta
classis = Pinopsida
ordo =Pinales
familia =Pinaceae
genus = "Abies"
species = "A. koreana"
binomial = "Abies koreana"
binomial_authority = E.H.WilsonKorean Fir ("Abies koreana"; 구상나무, "Gusang namu" in Korean) is a
fir native to the highermountain s ofSouth Korea , includingJeju-do island . It grows at altitudes of 1,000-1,900 m intemperate rain forest with high rainfall and cool, humid summers, and heavy winter snowfall.It is a small to medium-sized
evergreen coniferoustree growing to 10-18 m tall with a trunk diameter of up to 0.7 m, smaller and sometimesshrub by attree line . The bark is smooth with resin blisters and grey-brown in colour. The leaves are needle-like, flattened, 1-2 cm long and 2-2.5 mm wide by 0.5 mm thick, glossy dark green above, and with two broad, vividly white bands ofstomata below, and slightly notched at the tip. The leaf arrangement is spiral on the shoot, but with each leaf variably twisted at the base so they lie mostly either side of and above the shoot, with fewer below the shoot. The shoots are green-grey at first, maturing pinkish-grey, with scattered fine pubescence. The cones are 4-7 cm long and 1.5-2 cm broad, dark purple-blue before maturity; the scale bracts are long, green or yellow, and emerge between the scales in the closed cone. The wingedseed s are released when the cones disintegrate at maturity about 5-6 months after pollination.Korean Fir is a very popular
ornamental plant in gardens in cool climates, grown for its foliage but also for the abundant cone production even on young trees only 1-2 m tall.Gallery
References
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*Liu, T. S. (1971). "A Monograph of the genus Abies". National Taiwan University.
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