Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Syn: Abies alcoquiana Veitch ex Lindl; Picea bicolor (Maxim.) Mayr; Abies bicolor Maxim.; Picea japonica Maxim., pro syn. Two varieties, reflexa (Shirasawa) Fitschen [syn: P. bicolor var. reflexa Shirasawa et Koyama] and acicularis (Shirasawa) Fitschen [syn: P. shirasawae Hayashi; P. bicolor var. acicularis Shirasawa et Koyama] (2).Description
Range
Japan, 700-2180m (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Var. acicularis provides a useful timber (3).Observations
Remarks
Picea alcoquiana var. reflexa is on the WCMC Red List: vulnerable, population stable, known from fewer than five localities. "A few (<5) small populations in scattered locations are confined to the volcanic Akaishi range of central Honshu. They occur in mixed montane forest." Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis is also on the WCMC Red List: vulnerable, population stable, known from fewer than five localities. "Endemic to the Yatsugadake Mts. this variety is restricted to a small area (<100km2) of montane forest, most of it being state forest" (3). <Citations
(1) Silba 1986 (as P. bicolor).(2) Farjon 1990.
(3) World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Trees.
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 19-Dec-98