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Abies holophylla, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1815 most planted

Abies holophylla

Needle fir · also Manchurian fir

ConiferEvergreen
17
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
9.8 in
median trunk (25 cm, 17 measured)
18 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)

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Abies holophylla, also known as needle fir or Manchurian fir, is an evergreen coniferous tree native to mountainous regions of northern Korea, southern Ussuriland, and northeastern China. It grows up to 30 m (100 ft) tall with a narrowly conical crown and horizontal spreading branches. This species is sometimes used as an ornamental plant but is rated as Near Threatened (NT) by the IUCN Red List.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Helsinki · Finland
    1118 yr2.0 in
  2. Boston · United States
    623 yr53 in

Traits

Form
Conifer
Foliage
Evergreen
Mature height
100 ft

Trunk diameters across every city: median 9.8 in, mean 22 in, 90th percentile 62 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Manchurian mixed forests
  • Southern Korea evergreen forests

Other Abies in the catalogue

20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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