Tags: Conifer.
Veitch’s Fir (Abies veitchii; シラビソ or シラベ shirabiso or shirabe) also known as Veitch’s Silver Fir is a fir native to Japan on the islands of Honshū and Shikoku. It lives in moist soils in cool wet mountain forests at elevations of 1500–2800 m. It is very shade-tolerant when young but is not long-lived.It is a coniferous evergreen tree growing at a fast rate to 25–30 m tall. The crown is narrowly conical with horizontal branches and pubescent shoots.
