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'''Momi Fir''' (''Abies firma'') is a species of [[fir]] native to central and southern [[Japan]], growing at low to moderate altitudes of 50-1600 m.

It is a medium-sized to large [[evergreen]] [[Pinophyta|coniferous]] [[tree]] growing to 50 m tall and 2 m in trunk diameter, with a broad conical crown of straight branches rising at an angle of about 20° above horizontal. The [[bark]] is scaly grey-brown, with resin blisters on young trees. The shoots are grooved, buff to grey-brown, glabrous or finely pubescent. The [[leaf|leaves]] ("needles") are flattened, 2-5&nbsp;cm long and 2-4&nbsp;mm broad, spread at nearly right angles from the shoot; the apex is sharp, bifid (double-pointed) on the leaves of young trees, single-pointed on mature trees. They are bright green above, and greyish-green below with two broad [[stoma]]tal bands. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are 7-15&nbsp;cm long by 3-5&nbsp;cm wide, green maturing yellow-brown, tapering to a 2-3&nbsp;cm broad bluntly rounded apex. The scale bracts are exserted 3-6&nbsp;mm, triangular. The [[seed]]s are 7-9&nbsp;mm long with a wedge-shaped wing 1.5&nbsp;cm long, are released after the cones disintegrate at maturity in October.

Momi Fir is sometimes, but not commonly, used as an [[ornamental tree]], particularly in warm temperate regions with hot, humid summers such as the southeastern [[United States]].

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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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