Balsam Fir

Other names

Fir Balsam

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Labrador to WV and IO

Location

Conifer Slope

Source of plant

Treehaven Evergreen Nursery, NH Dept. of Nat. & Cultural Resources, Green-Vu Lanscape Service

Description

Stiff and symmetrically pyramidal or narrow-conical when young, but losing its pyramidal habit with age.Needles lustrous dark green with white stomatal bands beneath. Cones dark violet when young, 2" to 4" long, turning gray-brown and resinous at maturity; soon after ripening of the seeds, the scales fall off, leaving only the central axis.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

winter interest, other ethnobotanical uses