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Accession Data:

Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.

  • sect. Balsamea

  • Common Name: Balsam Fir
  • Family: Pinaceae Lindley

  • Country of Origin: northeastern USA and eastern Canada
  • Habitat: Medium-size tree of cool, moist boreal forests.

  • USDA Zone: 4a-8b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500104
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: 
    Seedling collected in Stonington, Maine, USA, August 3, 2014. 
Oceanville Rd, close to the shore in mossy forest understory.
  • Accession Date: 08-18-2015
  • Bench: 2308 - Nearctic
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-22-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
      The sap of these plants may cause a skin rash or irritation.

Classification:

  • Division: Pinophyta
  • Class: Pinopsida
  • SubClass: Pinidae
  • Order: Pinales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Pinaceae
  • SubFamily: Abietoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Gymnosperms & Gnetophytes
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Alberta / Manitoba / Saskatchewan / Labrador / New Brunswick / Newfoundland / Nova Scotia / Ontario / Prince Edward I. / Québec / Iowa / Minnesota / Wisconsin / Connecticut / Maine / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Pennsylvania / Vermont / West Virginia / Virginia

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 19 August 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 19 August 2015.
  3. Poisonous Plants at University of California. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 05, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:01:41 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Pinaceae

Subfamily Abietoideae

  • Abies balsamea
  • Abies balsamea W/C

Subfamily Laricoideae

  • Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

Subfamily Pinoideae

  • Pinus densiflora
  • Pinus engelmannii
  • Pinus palustris
  • Pinus pinea
  • Pinus ponderosa
  • Pinus taeda
  • Pinus thunbergii
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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