Abies fabri (Mast.) Craib

Faber’s fir (en), Sapin de Faber (fr)

Species

Gymnosperms > Pinales > Pinaceae > Abies

Characteristics

Trees to 40 m tall; trunk to 1 m d.b.h.; bark gray or dark gray, flaking; branchlets initially light brown or grayish yellow, turning brownish gray in 2nd or 3rd year, puberulent or glabrous; winter buds globose or ovoid, resinous. Leaves ascending on upper side of branchlets, pectinately arranged in 2 lateral sets on lower side, bright green adaxially, linear, 1.5-3 cm × 2-2.5 mm, stomatal lines in 2 white bands abaxially, resin canals 2, marginal, margin revolute, apex emarginate or obtuse. Seed cones shortly stalked, slightly glaucous, ovoid-cylindric or shortly cylindric, 6-11 × 3-4.5 cm. Seed scales at middle of cones flabellate-trapeziform, 1.4-2 × 1.6-2.4 cm, margin auriculate laterally. Bracts cuneate-obovate, apex broadly rounded, shortly cuspidate, cusp slightly exserted, reflexed, acute. Seeds narrowly ellipsoid, 1.3-1.6 cm including black-brown, cuneate wing. Pollination May, seed maturity Oct.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 40.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Light 7-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-6

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Uses medicinal
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Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 23
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Images

Abies fabri unspecified picture

Distribution

Abies fabri world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Abies fabri threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:676566-1
WFO ID wfo-0000511139
COL ID 8KCB
BDTFX ID 101513
INPN ID 717028
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Abies fabri Pinus fabri Keteleeria fabri Abies delavayi var. fabri

Lower taxons

Abies fabri subsp. minensis Abies fabri subsp. fabri