 | Abies nephrolepis (Trautr.) Maxim.Common NamesEastern Siberian fir, Khinghan fir (1). Taxonomic notesSyn: A. sibirica var. nephrolepis (1).Description"A narrowly pyramidal tree 25-35 m. tall, 0.75-1 m. in girth, with horizontal spreading branches and with a dense crown. Bark gray-white to light gray-brown, smooth, becoming shallowly fissured. Branchlets slightly grooved, pubescent, yellowish-white to yellowish-brown. Buds ovoid, hidden by the leaves, slightly resinous, violet-white; scales obtuse, slightly keeled; 10-13 mm. in diameter. Leaves pointing forward, covering the branchlet, pectinate below, linear, grooved above, flattened below, dark shiny yellow-green to dark green above, grayish-green below, 1.5-3.5 cm. long by 1.2-1.5 mm. wide; stomata usually absent above, in 4-5 lines below; cross-section elliptic, apex rounded or notched. Male strobili reddish-yellow. Female cone cylindrical, apex pointed with a short nipple, reddish-brown to dark violet, 4.5-8 cm. long; scales nearly horizontal, pubescent; bracts slightly exserted, rather broadly covering the scale; cone 1.5-2 cm. wide. Seed with a dark brown nut, wing violet-purple" (1).RangeN China; Russia: SE Siberia; Korea; 500-2000 m (1).Big TreeA specimen 34 m tall and 220 cm dbh is reportedly grows on the Shkotovo plateau, Ussuriland, Russia (2).OldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) Silba 1986.(2) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 2-Jan-1998. See also: |
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