Abies koreana
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Abies koreana (Template:Langx, Gusang namu), the Korean fir, is a species of fir native to the higher mountains of South Korea, including Jeju Island. It grows at altitudes of Script error: No such module "convert". in temperate rainforest with high rainfall and cool, humid summers, and heavy winter snowfall.
Description
It is a small to medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree growing to Script error: No such module "convert". tall with a trunk diameter of up to Script error: No such module "convert"., smaller and sometimes shrubby at the tree line. The bark is smooth with resin blisters and grey-brown in colour. The leaves are needle-like, flattened, Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide by Script error: No such module "convert". thick, glossy dark green above, and with two broad, vividly white bands of stomata 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 Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". broad, dark purple-blue before maturity; the scale bracts are long, green or yellow, and emerge between the scales in the closed cone. The winged seeds are released when the cones disintegrate at maturity about 5–6 months after pollination.
Cultivation
Korean fir is a very popular ornamental plant in parks and gardens in temperate climates, grown for its foliage but also for the abundant cone production even on young trees only Script error: No such module "convert". tall. The following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
- A. koreana[1] (≥ 12 m)
- A. koreana 'Cis'[2] (0.5–1 m)
- A. koreana 'Kohout's Ice Breaker'[3] (0.5–1 m)
- A. koreana 'Silberlocke'[4] (2.5–4 m)
Habitat
Biggest group of wild Korean fir grows in Hallasan Mountain in Jeju Island, South Korea.[5]
Use
Korean fir is also used as Christmas tree.[6][7]
Gallery
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Leaves
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Male cones
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Cone and seeds
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In cultivation
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'ABIES KOREANA' KOREAN FIR
References
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- Liu, T. S. (1971). A Monograph of the Genus Abies. National Taiwan University.