 | Picea koraiensis NakaiCommon NamesKorean spruce; Jel koreiskaya [Russian]; Hongpi yunshan [Chinese].Taxonomic notesSyn: P. koyamai var. koraiensis (Nakai) Liou & Wang, pro syn.; P. intercedens Nakai; P. tonaiensis Nakai. One variety, P. koraiensis var. pungsanensis (Uyeki ex Nakai) Schmidt-Vogt ex Farjon 1990 (syn: P. pungsanensis Uyeki ex Nakai 1941) (1).DescriptionRangeNorth Korea, mainly along the Yalu River. Also China: Jilin (Changbai Shan) and Russia: on the Ussuri River (1). In Russia only in southernmost Ussuriland, very rare (2). Var. pungsanensis is retricted to several locations in North Korea (1).Big TreeOldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksPicea koraiensis var. pungsanensis is on the WCMC Red List as vulnerable, population stable but known from fewer than five localities. It "is restricted to a few localities of upland coniferous forest along the coast at Keizanchin, Mt. Pungsan and Hamnam [North Korea]. There are no known measures to protect the species" (3).Citations(1) Farjon 1990.(2) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 2-Jan-1998. (3) World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Trees. |
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