#308 most planted
Abies balsamea
Balsam fir · also Balm of Gilead fir, Balsam, Canada balsam
ConiferEvergreen
3,914
trees mapped
0.04%
of all named trees
23
cities
5.9 in
median trunk (15 cm, 3,854 measured)
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Balsam Fir is a North American conifer, native to temperate regions of eastern and central Canada and the northeastern United States. It is rated as 'Least Concerned' regarding conservation status.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,1330.35%—7.1 in
- 1,1320.16%—5.9 in
- 3280.12%—5.9 in
- 2630.06%6.4 yr2.8 in
- 2110.06%21 yr5.1 in
- 1480.09%4.3 yr5.5 in
- 1470.33%—4.7 in
- 1170.04%—6.3 in
- 1100.13%—9.1 in
- 1010.14%—4.7 in
- 720.15%—6.7 in
- 400.34%—7.9 in
- 290.07%4.8 yr1.6 in
- 220.03%—7.7 in
- 120.02%18 yr2.0 in
- 100.00%—6.5 in
- 90.01%—15 in
- 90.01%23 yr15 in
- 90.08%—8.0 in
- 70.00%—7.9 in
- 20.00%——
- 20.01%—3.3 in
- 10.00%—19 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.9 in, mean 6.8 in, 90th percentile 13 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- New England-Acadian forests
- Western Great Lakes forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests
Other Abies in the catalogue
20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
