Abies densa Griff.

Bhutan fir (en)

Species

Gymnosperms > Pinales > Pinaceae > Abies

Characteristics

Trees to 60 m tall; bark scaly; branchlets initially grayish yellow or light brown, turning yellowish gray or grayish brown in 2nd or 3rd year, ± pubescent; winter buds resinous. Leaves radially spreading or ascending on upper side of branchlets, pectinately arranged in 2 lateral sets on lower side, linear, 2-4.5 cm × 2.5-3 mm, stomatal lines usually in 2 white bands abaxially, resin canals 2, marginal, abaxial, margin revolute, apex obtuse or emarginate. Seed cones subsessile, black-purple at maturity, 9-10 × 4-4.5 cm. Seed scales at middle of cones almost flabellate-trapeziform or reniform-trapeziform, thick, incurved, 1.5-1.9 × 1.8-2.2 cm. Bracts cuneate-obovate, 5/6 as long as to ± equaling seed scales, apex shortly cuspidate, cusp exserted, acute. Seeds with wing black-brown, cuneate-oblong, and truncate at apex.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 45.0
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Environment

Mixed Deciduous/Coniferous forests, growing on rocky, often steep slopes in the cloud belt, where it is found on a variety of alpine lithosols; at elevations from 2,450-4,000 metres.
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Usage

Uses essential oil medicinal wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Abies densa world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Abies densa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261506-1
WFO ID wfo-0000511103
COL ID 63Z6W
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Synonyms

Abies densa Abies fordei Abies spectabilis subsp. densa Abies spectabilis var. densa Abies fabri subsp. fordei