Balsam Fir
Abies balsamea
Pinaceae · conifer · introduced
Quick Facts
Height
50–80 ft
Spread
16 ft
Growth Rate
Slow
Light
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil
Moist
Water
Moderate
Hardiness
Zone Zones 3a–8b
Bloom Time
Non-flowering
Origin
eastern Canada and south to Pennsylvania
Diseases (17)
Gymnosporangium libocedri Broom Rust
Current-season Needle Necrosis
Many conifers Drought Injury
Grovesiella Canker
Heterobasidion Root Disease
Multiple fungi (Rhizosphaera spp., Stigmina spp., Lirula ... Interior Needle Blight
Rhabdocline spp. including R Needle Cast
Neonectia Canker
Purple Needle Eater (Delphinella Shoot Blight)
Phytophthora spp. Root Rot, Phytophthora
Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust
Shoot Blight
Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot
Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot
Heterobasidion annosum (syn. Fomes annosus) Annosus Root Rot
Rust (Pucciniastrum)
Rust (Uredinopsis)
Pests (8)
Cultivars (2)
Nana
Common name: Dwarf Balsam Fir; Mature height: 2 ft
Piccolo
Common name: Piccolo Balsam Fir; Mature height: 2 ft