Abies sachalinensis var. nemorensis

Pinaceae Abies sachalinensis var. nemorensis Mayr

Etymology
Abies refers to ‘to rise’; indicating large trees.
sachalinensis refers to the Russian Island of Sakhalin.
nemorensis refers to forest.

Colloquial Name
Nemor fir

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 4 subordinate taxa for Abies sachalinensis:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 31, SAK, 38, JAP, JAP-HK

Habitat
The natural habitats for Abies sachalinensis var. nemorensis are temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1 up to 1700 metres. There are no conifers associated with Abies sachalinensis var. nemorensis that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 5
Abies sachalinensis var. nemorensis is hardy to USDA Zone 5 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -28.9C (-20F) to -23.3C (-10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Abies sachalinensis var. nemorensis is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Abies sachalinensis var. nemorensis and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – DD
According to the IUCN Red List, Abies sachalinensis var. nemorensis has been assigned the status of DD(Data Defficient). This means that according to the Red List criteria, not enough data has been obtained about its abundance and/or distribution.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Abies sachalinensis is Subsect. Medianae. The coordinate taxa for Abies sachalinensis are therefore:

Abies sachalinensis var. nemorensis is further placed under Abietoideae. Abies sachalinensis var. nemorensis is also placed under Pinaceae.

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