Sakhalin fir
Abies sachalinensis (Fr. Schmidt) Masters [Pinaceae]
Todomatsu (トドマツ, 椴松)
Life form: evergreen needle-leaved tree
Distribution: Boreal forests Japan (Hokkaido) - Sakhalin - Kuril - Kamchatka
Habitat: forests
Abies in Japan
A. firma Sieb. et Zucc. (モミ)
A. homolepis Sieb. et Zucc. (ウラジロモミ)
- var. umbellata Wilson (ミツミネモミ)
A. mariesii Masters (オオシラビソ/アオモリトドマツ): alpine and subalpine zones (1500-2000 m a.s.l.)
- f. hayachinensis Hayashi (ホソミノアオモリトドマツ)
A. sachalinensis (Fr. Schm.) Masters (トドマツ/アカトドマツ)
- var. corticosa Tatewaki (オニハダトドマツ)
- var. mayriana Miyabe et Kudo (アオトドマツ)
- var. nemorensis Mayr (ネムロトドマツ)
A. veitchii Lindle (シラベ/シラビソ)
- var. komagatakensis Hayashi (コマガタケシラベ)
- var. sikokiana (Nakai) Kusaka (シコクシラベ)
- f. olivacea (Shiras.) Kusaka (アオシラベ)
Transplantation
A. alba Mill. (ヨーロッパモミ)
A. balsamea (L.) Mill. (バルサムモミ)
A. fraseri Poir. (アメリカオオモミ)
Table. Distribution of Abies species in Japan
| Location | Hokkaido | Honshu | Shikoku | Kyushu | ||
| Species | North | Central | South | |||
| A. sachalinensis | + | - | - | - | - | - |
| A. firma | - | + | + | + | + | + |
| A. homolepis | - | + | + | + | + | - |
| A. veitchii | - | + | + | - | - | - |
| A. mariesii | - | + | + | + | + | - |
| Total | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Abies sachalinensis in Hokkaido
[Left] a crown of tree. [Center] a bark. [Right] leaves. Along Kabuto Swamp, Sarobetsu, northern Japan, on November 13 2010.