Abies recurvata Masters

Min fir (en), Sapin min (fr)

Species

Gymnosperms > Pinales > Pinaceae > Abies

Characteristics

Trees to 40 m tall; bark dark gray or red-brown, rough, irregularly fissured, flaking; branchlets initially yellow or yellowish gray, yellowish gray or gray in 2nd or 3rd year. Leaves radially spreading, ± pectinately arranged, strongly ascending or recurved on upper side of branchlets, especially on cone-bearing branchlets, bright green adaxially, slightly glaucous abaxially, oblanceolate-linear, (1-)1.2-1.6(-2.5) cm × 2.5-3.5 mm, stomatal lines in 2 grayish green bands abaxially, usually 2-8 and incomplete adaxially, resin canals 2, marginal, apex acute or obtuse. Seed cones subsessile, purple, maturing brown-purple, ellipsoid-ovoid or cylindric-ovoid, 4-8 × 3-4 cm. Seed scales at middle of cones reniform, broadly flabellate-or rhombic-elliptic, 1.2-1.4 × 1.2-2.5 cm, margin sometimes auriculate at base, constricted at middle, thin, broadly rounded, and slightly incurved toward apex. Bracts oblong-spatulate, constricted at middle, 1/2-3/4 as long as seed scales, distal margin denticulate, apex broadly rounded, with an acute, short cusp. Seeds obliquely ovoid, ca. 8 mm; wing dark brown or black, 3-5 mm, cuneate-oblong, apex truncate.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 35.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Montane forests, where it can form abundant stands, especially in river valleys and on slopes; usually growing on grey-brown mountain podzols; at elevations between 2,500-3,500 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-7

Usage

Uses material wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Abies recurvata unspecified picture

Distribution

Abies recurvata world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Abies recurvata threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:676609-1
WFO ID wfo-0000511372
COL ID 8KFR
BDTFX ID 101525
INPN ID 717041
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Abies recurvata Abies recurvata var. recurvata

Lower taxons

Abies recurvata var. ernestii