Korean Fir
Abies koreana
Pinaceae · coniferous tree · introduced
Last updated
Quick Facts
Height
15–30 ft
Spread
6-12 ft
Growth Rate
Slow
Light
Full Sun to Shade
Soil
Well Drained To Moist
Water
Moderate
Hardiness
Zone Zones 5a–8b
Bloom Time
Non-flowering
Origin
Korea
Watch for this season
RustHigh
Aecial Stage (Alternate Host)
Armillaria Root RotModerate
Active Below-ground Growth
Balsam woolly adelgidModerate
Spring Activation
Diseases: Regionally Documented (15)
Melampsorella caryophyllacearum [VERIFY] Broom Rust Current-season Needle Necrosis Drought Injury Grovesiella punctata Grovesiella Canker Heterobasidion occidentale Otrosina & Garbel Heterobasidion Root Disease Multiple fungi (Rhizosphaera spp., Stigmina spp., Lirula ... Interior Needle Blight Rhabdocline spp. including R Needle Cast Neonectia Canker Delphinella balsameae Purple Needle Eater (Delphinella Shoot Blight) Root Rot, Phytophthora Multiple genera (Melampsoridium, Thekopsora, Naohidemyces... Rust Multiple pathogens cause shoot blight on different hosts:... Shoot Blight Armillaria spp. — primarily A Armillaria Root Rot Pucciniastrum spp. Rust (Pucciniastrum) Uredinopsis spp. Rust (Uredinopsis)
Pests: Regionally Documented (8)
Cultivars (6)
'Aurea'
Common name: Golden Korean Fir; Mature height: 6 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 5
'Green Carpet'
Common name: Green Carpet Korean Fir; Mature height: 2 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 5
'Horstmanns Silberlocke'
Common name: Horstmann's Silberlocke Korean Fir; Mature height: 20 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 5
'Kohout'
Common name: Kohout's Icebreaker Korean FirIce Breaker Korean Fir; Mature height: 2 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 4
'Silberzwerg'
Common name: Silberzwerg Korean Fir
Hardy to USDA Zone 4
'Silver Snow'
Common name: Silver Snow Korean Fir; Mature height: 20 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 5
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