Japanese Fir

Other names

Momi Fir

Growth habit

Tree

Native distribution

Japan

Location

Conifer Slope

Source of plant

Treehaven Evergreen Nursery, Forestfarm Nursery

Description

A large tree which can reach 40 m or more in the wild. The comparatively broad, stiff, leathery needles are 1.5-4 cm long, yellowish-green above, with 2 greyish-green stomatic bands beneath. They areconspicuously notched on the lateral branches, densely crowded, with a v-shaped parting on the upper side of the shoots, loosely pectinate below. Cones 8-15 cm long, yellowish-green when young, bracts slightly exserted.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6

Special characteristics

winter interest