#1096 most planted
Abies koreana
Korean fir · also Corean fir
ConiferEvergreen
129
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
12
cities
3.0 in
median trunk (8 cm, 116 measured)
16 yr
median age (33% have a planting date)
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The Korean fir is a conifer native to the high mountains of South Korea, including Jeju Island. It thrives in temperate rainforests with high rainfall, cool, humid summers, and heavy winter snowfall. This species prefers higher altitudes, typically growing between 1,000–1,900 meters.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 640.03%—3.0 in
- 190.02%15 yr24 in
- 100.00%—2.1 in
- 90.00%8.8 yr7.9 in
- 90.01%25 yr2.0 in
- 50.00%19 yr5.0 in
- 40.00%——
- 30.00%—2.4 in
- 20.00%—12 in
- 20.01%—16 in
- 10.00%—1.6 in
- 10.00%—5.5 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15–35 ft
- Canopy spread
- 8–20 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.0 in, mean 7.4 in, 90th percentile 24 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
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Other Abies in the catalogue
20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
