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Botanical Name:
Abies Firma
Family:
PINACEAE
Genus:
Abies
Species:
firma
Common Name:
Momi Fir, Japanese Fir
Lot#:
060636
Quantity:
47.03 lb
Avg Count Packet:
8
Average Seeds Per Pound:
12258
Germination:
32%
Germination Test Type:
Purity:
96%
Height:
150 feet
Collection Locale:
China
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
1 pkt
$
4.95
1 oz
$
15.34
Characteristics
Acid Loving
Bonsai
Christmas Tree
Evergreen
Fast Growth
Heat Tolerant
Screen/Windbreak
Shade Tolerant
Growing Info
Scarification
Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours
Stratification
cold stratify for 60 days
Germination
seed may start to germinate in cold strat., sow seed 3/8"deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed
Description
Wikipedia describes this as: A species of fir native to central and southern Japan, growing at low to moderate altitudes of 50-1600 m.
It is a medium-sized to large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 50 m tall and 2 m in trunk diameter, with a broad conical crown of straight branches rising at an angle of about 20° above horizontal. The bark is scaly grey-brown, with resin blisters on young trees. The shoots are grooved, buff to grey-brown, glabrous or finely pubescent. The leaves ("needles") are flattened, 2-5 cm long and 2-4 mm broad, spread at nearly right angles from the shoot; the apex is sharp, bifid (double-pointed) on the leaves of young trees, single-pointed on mature trees. They are bright green above, and greyish-green below with two broad stomatal bands. The cones are 7-15 cm long by 3-5 cm wide, green maturing yellow-brown, tapering to a 2-3 cm broad bluntly rounded apex. The scale bracts are exserted 3-6 mm, triangular. The seeds are 7-9 mm long with a wedge-shaped wing 1.5 cm long, are released after the cones disintegrate at maturity in October.
Momi Fir is sometimes, but not commonly, used as an ornamental tree, particularly in warm temperate regions with hot, humid summers such as the southeastern United States.
Comments
A handsome tree, light to dark green needles, yellowish-green cones to 5"; said to be heat tolerant and grows throughout the South, although it doesn't really enjoy great heat; native to Japan 



