Silvical characteristics of balsam fir (Abies balsamea)

Arthur C. Hart

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Silvical characteristics of balsam fir (Abies balsamea)

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Authors:

Arthur C. Hart

Year:

1959

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-122. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 22 p.

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Abstract

Balsam fir takes its name from the Latin word for balm. Some people know the tree as the Balm-of-Gilead fir. It has also been called the blister fir, because of the bark blisters that yield Canada balsam, a resin that is used for, among other things, mounting microscope slides. The needles of balsam fir have a spicy aroma that Donald Culross Peattie has called "the dearest odor of all Nature".

Citation

Hart, Arthur C. 1959. Silvical characteristics of balsam fir (Abies balsamea). Station Paper NE-122. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 22 p.