Abies holophylla
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Abies holophylla Maxim.
A tree up to 150 ft high in the wild, with a trunk 12 ft in girth; winter buds slightly resinous; young shoots not downy, slightly grooved, yellowish grey. Leaves 3⁄4 to 13⁄4 in. long, not notched at the tip but bluntish or abruptly pointed there; shining dark green above with the two stomatic bands beneath inconspicuously marked. Cone cylindrical, 4 to 5 in. long, green at first, pale brown when mature; bracts hidden.
Native of Manchuria and Korea; introduced to the United States from the latter country in 1905. E. H. Wilson, who saw it not uncommonly 100 ft in Korea, ranked it with A. homolepis for beauty as a garden tree, but in this country it has not lived up to his expectations and remains very rare. There are two trees at Westonbirt, the larger 44 × 31⁄2 ft (1963); and three at Borde Hill, Sussex, the largest 61 × 33⁄4 ft (1968).
From the Supplement (Vol. V)
specimens: National Pinetum, Bedgebury, Kent, pl. 1929, 58 × 41⁄2 ft (1977); Wakehurst Place, Sussex, in Golf Ground Extension, 60 × 31⁄2 ft (1981); Borde Hill, Sussex, 77 × 41⁄4 ft (1981); Westonbirt, Glos., 62 × 41⁄2 ft (1979); Powis Castle, Powys, 69 × 33⁄4 ft (1981); Beaufront Castle, Northumb., 50 × 41⁄2 ft (1982); Crathes Castle, Aberd., in the Woods, 48 × 41⁄2 ft (1981); Headfort, Co. Meath, Eire, pl. 1929, 56 × 41⁄4 ft (1980); Birr Castle, Co. Offaly, pl. 1928, 59 × 43⁄4 ft (1985).
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'Abies holophylla' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Other taxa in genus
- Abies alba
- Abies amabilis
- Abies balsamea
- Abies borisii-regis
- Abies bracteata
- Abies cephalonica
- Abies chengii
- Abies chensiensis
- Abies cilicica
- Abies concolor
- Abies delavayi
- Abies densa
- Abies durangensis
- Abies fabri
- Abies fargesii
- Abies firma
- Abies forrestii
- Abies fraseri
- Abies grandis
- Abies guatemalensis
- Abies homolepis
- Abies kawakamii
- Abies koreana
- Abies lasiocarpa
- Abies magnifica
- Abies mariesii
- Abies nebrodensis
- Abies nephrolepis
- Abies nordmanniana
- Abies numidica
- Abies pindrow
- Abies pinsapo
- Abies procera
- Abies recurvata
- Abies religiosa
- Abies sachalinensis
- Abies sibirica
- Abies spectabilis
- Abies squamata
- Abies sutchuenensis
- Abies veitchii
- Abies vejarii
A tree up to 150 ft high in the wild, with a trunk 12 ft in girth; winter buds slightly resinous; young shoots not downy, slightly grooved, yellowish grey. Leaves 3⁄4 to 13⁄4 in. long, not notched at the tip but bluntish or abruptly pointed there; shining dark green above with the two stomatic bands beneath inconspicuously marked. Cone cylindrical, 4 to 5 in. long, green at first, pale brown when mature; bracts hidden.
Native of Manchuria and Korea; introduced to the United States from the latter country in 1905. E. H. Wilson, who saw it not uncommonly 100 ft in Korea, ranked it with A. homolepis for beauty as a garden tree, but in this country it has not lived up to his expectations and remains very rare. There are two trees at Westonbirt, the larger 44 × 31⁄2 ft (1963); and three at Borde Hill, Sussex, the largest 61 × 33⁄4 ft (1968).
From the Supplement (Vol. V)
specimens: National Pinetum, Bedgebury, Kent, pl. 1929, 58 × 41⁄2 ft (1977); Wakehurst Place, Sussex, in Golf Ground Extension, 60 × 31⁄2 ft (1981); Borde Hill, Sussex, 77 × 41⁄4 ft (1981); Westonbirt, Glos., 62 × 41⁄2 ft (1979); Powis Castle, Powys, 69 × 33⁄4 ft (1981); Beaufront Castle, Northumb., 50 × 41⁄2 ft (1982); Crathes Castle, Aberd., in the Woods, 48 × 41⁄2 ft (1981); Headfort, Co. Meath, Eire, pl. 1929, 56 × 41⁄4 ft (1980); Birr Castle, Co. Offaly, pl. 1928, 59 × 43⁄4 ft (1985).
