Needle Fir
Abies holophylla · Pinaceae · 전나무
How to spot it
Unlike the Korean fir and Manchurian fir, the bark is dark brown and rough, the cone bracts do not stick out, and the leaves are linear and pointed.
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are linear with pointed tips, 17.3 to 39 mm long and 1.6 to 2.3 mm wide, with white stomatal lines on the underside.
- Flowers
- Cone flowers appear in April on the same tree (monoecious); the male cone flowers are cylindrical and yellowish green.
- Fruit
- Cones are cylindrical and light yellowish brown, about 129 to 145 mm long, with bracts that do not stick out. The seeds are egg-triangular and light brown, and ripen in early October.
- Bark
- Dark brown, rough bark that cracks.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Found in Korea (Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungbuk, Jeonnam, Gyeongbuk, Gyeongnam), northern and northeastern China, and eastern Russia.
- Ecology
- An evergreen alpine tree.