Abies balsamea (Balsam Fir) - Minnesota Wildflowers
Balsam fir is common throughout Minnesota's northern forests but also present on a few isolated, cold north facing slopes of bluffs in our southeastern counties. Young trees are highly shade tolerant and can form dense stands in the understory.
Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) - Minnesota DNR
Found in the forests of northern Minnesota and in a few scattered localities in the southeastern corner of the state; usually associated with white spruce, from which it can easily be distinguished by its large upright cones and soft leaves; thrives in cool, damp, places; very shade tolerant.
Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) | The UFOR Nursery & Lab
2019年11月5日 · Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) is Minnesota's only native fir! It features a beautiful pyramidal form and is found as a large component of boreal forests in the northern half of the state (and into Canada and the northeastern US), as well as in a few colder patches in southeastern Minnesota.
Balsam Fir - US Forest Service Research and Development
In the United States, the range of balsam fir extends from extreme northern Minnesota west of Lake-of-the-Woods southeast to Iowa; east to central Wisconsin and central Michigan into New York and central Pennsylvania; then northeastward …
BALSAM FIR - ABIES BALSAMEA | The UFOR Nursery & Lab
Balsam fir is a popular Christmas tree known for its fresh fragrance and long-lasting needles. The trees’ buds are small, waxy, and egg-shaped. Balsam fir bark is gray to dull green with blisters right under the surface that are filled with sticky resin.
Minnesota Seasons - balsam fir
2024年9月30日 · Balsam fir is a slow-growing, intermediate-lived, small to medium sized, coniferous tree. It rises on a single trunk from shallow root system. In Minnesota mature trees are usually 40 ′ to 60 ′ tall and 12 ″ to 18 ″ in diameter at breast height, though individuals can reach over 80 ′ in height.
Balsam bough harvesting: Doing it right for the future - Minnesota …
Balsam fir is a short-lived, cold-climate tree of the northern Lake States. It requires abundant soil moisture and a humid atmosphere. In wetlands it grows in pure stands or in association with black spruce, cedar, and tamarack. On higher ground it is typically found in the understory of pine, aspen, and birch stands.
Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota …
Balsam Fir is an evergreen tree with a strong central leader and a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
Balsam Fir | Campus Trees
The resin of balsam fir, known as Canada balsam, has various medicinal and industrial properties. The resin can be used as a cold remedy, or as a colorless industrial glue for glasses, microscope slides, or prisms. Balsam fir boughs, according to Henry …
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Balsam Boughs
Balsam fir is one of the most common tree species in Minnesota. This species is found on more than 30 percent (4.6 million acres) of the State’s 15.3 million acres of forest land outside of parks and wilderness areas. Of the 4.6 million acres where balsam fir is found, 17 per-cent (770,000 acres) contain at least 500 lbs. per acre of ...