Common Names
Eastern Siberian fir, Khinghan fir (1).
Taxonomic notes
Syn: 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).Range
N China; Russia: SE Siberia; Korea; 500-2000 m (1).Big Tree
A specimen 34 m tall and 220 cm dbh is reportedly grows on the Shkotovo plateau, Ussuriland, Russia (2).Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Silba 1986.(2) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 2-Jan-1998.
See also:
Cheng & Fu 1987.
Vidakovic 1991.
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 19-Jan-1999