Korean Spruce
Picea jezoensis · Pinaceae · 가문비나무
How to spot it
Told from other spruces (genus Picea) by cones that hang downward, cone scales that persist after ripening, and a lens-shaped leaf cross-section.
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are curved and linear with pointed tips, 9 to 23.4 mm long and 1 to 2.1 mm wide.
- Flowers
- Pollen and seed cones appear in May and June; monoecious.
- Fruit
- Cones are cylindrical to ovate-cylindrical, brown and pendent, 37 to 64 mm long, and the scales remain after ripening. Fruiting season is September to October.
- Bark
- Bark is dark brownish, cracks and flakes off like scales.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native
- Native to
- Korea (Gangwon, Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, Gyeongnam), Japan (Hokkaido to central Honshu), China and the Russian Far East.