Balsam Fir
Abies balsamea
Pinaceae · coniferous tree · native
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Quick Facts
Height
50–80 ft
Spread
16 ft
Growth Rate
Slow
Light
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil
Moist
Water
Moderate
Hardiness
Zones 3a–8b
Bloom Time
Non-flowering
Origin
eastern Canada and south to Pennsylvania
Watch for this season
RustHigh
Aecial Stage (Alternate Host)
Balsam woolly adelgidHigh
First Generation Crawlers
Spring Population Buildup
Armillaria Root RotModerate
Active Below-ground Growth
Diseases: Regionally Documented (15)
Melampsorella caryophyllacearum [VERIFY] Broom Rust Current-season Needle Necrosis Drought Injury Grovesiella punctata Grovesiella Canker Heterobasidion occidentale Otrosina & Garbel Heterobasidion Root Disease Multiple fungi (Rhizosphaera spp., Stigmina spp., Lirula ... Interior Needle Blight Rhabdocline spp. including R Needle Cast Neonectia Canker Delphinella balsameae Purple Needle Eater (Delphinella Shoot Blight) Root Rot, Phytophthora Multiple genera (Melampsoridium, Thekopsora, Naohidemyces... Rust Multiple pathogens cause shoot blight on different hosts:... Shoot Blight Armillaria spp. — primarily A Armillaria Root Rot Pucciniastrum spp. Rust (Pucciniastrum) Uredinopsis spp. Rust (Uredinopsis)
Pests: Regionally Documented (8)
Cultivars (2)
'Nana'
Common name: Dwarf Balsam Fir; Mature height: 2 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 3
'Piccolo'
Common name: Piccolo Balsam Fir; Mature height: 2 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Data Maturity Structured Multiple sources. Expert review underway.