Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Section: Common Name: Scientific Name: Family:
Account for Momi Fir - Abies firma   Siebold & Zuccarini
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AuthorSiebold & Zuccarini
DistributionKnown so far only from Roaring Gap in Alleghany County; Mountains only. First collected in 2010.

Native of Japan.
AbundanceSaplings locally established at edge of yards and woodland edges.
HabitatEdges of yards and woodlands.
Phenology
IdentificationWeakley's key (2020) uses cone size to distinguish native from alien species. FNA does not treat A. alba nor A. firma in its key. Weakley's key states that leaves of juvenile plants of A. alba have blunt-rounded or retuse apex (vs. spinose-bifid in A. firma).
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