Nikko Fir

Abies homolepis Pinaceae

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Mountains of Japan

Location

Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection, Conifer Slope

Source of plant

Claude Heit, US National Arboretum

Description

Tree reaching 30 (-40) m in height with a regular conical crown, stout, regular and stiffly spreading branches, and gray, scaly bark. Often develops a wide cedar-like crown in the open.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

winter interest