Korean Fir (Abies Koreana)

This species of fir is surprisingly listed as Endangered by International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with three surviving populations in the south of the Republic of Korea. It prefers a temperate rain forest environment with plenty of snow. This specimen appears with a more open habit as it would in a native wood environment growing in Section 57, surrounded by other mature conifers of comparable height. Korean fir was described botanically by E.H. Wilson, the noted plant explorer, in 1920. The Conifer Society limits the height of Korean fir to 60-feet; ours was measured to 88-feet with a 79-inch circumference and a 42-foot spread rated at 177-points