Abies forrestii

Forrest's fir

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassPinopsida
4. OrderPinales
5. FamilyPinaceae

Native toChina South-Central, Myanmar, Tibet

Observations36

Observations recorded1,152

Trees to 20 m tall; bark dark gray, flaking; branchlets red-brown or brown, darkened or turning dark gray in 2nd or 3rd year, initially puberulent; winter buds globose or obovoid, resinous. Leaves ascending on upper side of branchlets, pectinately arranged in 2 lateral sets on lower side, bright green adaxially, linear, 2-3 cm long, 2-2.5 mm wide, stomatal lines in 2 white bands abaxially, resin canals 2, marginal, apex emarginate, rarely acute or obtuse. Seed cones sessile, dark brown-purple or black-brown at maturity, cylindric or shortly so, 7-12 cm long, 3.5-6 cm wide. Seed scales at middle of cones flabellate-trapeziform, 1.3-2 cm long, 1.3-2.3 cm wide, margin auriculate laterally. Bracts cuneate-obovate, distal margin broadly rounded, apex with exserted, straight or recurved cusp 4-7 mm. Seeds ca. 1 cm; wing light brown or red-brown, broadly cuneate.

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Specimen records

42

With media

34

Family

Pinaceae

Collections

NY, US, NHMUK, MICH, MO, GH

Recorded in

China, Myanmar, United States, United Kingdom, Ireland

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Abies

Image

Deqen, Yunnan, China - panoramio (12).jpg

Has use

wood

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