Balsam Fir
Abies balsamea
Pinaceae · coniferous tree · native
Last updated
Data Coverage 3 of 6 dimensions
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 [VERIFY] Current-season Needle Necrosis Many conifers Drought Injury Grovesiella punctata Grovesiella Canker Heterobasidion annosum Heterobasidion Root Disease Multiple fungi (Rhizosphaera spp., Stigmina spp., Lirula ... Interior Needle Blight Rhabdocline spp. including R Needle Cast Neonectria ditissima Neonectia Canker Delphinella balsameae Purple Needle Eater (Delphinella Shoot Blight) Phytophthora spp. Root Rot, Phytophthora Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust Phytophthora cactorum"heeled in\" (placed in sawdust pile... Shoot Blight Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot Heterobasidion annosum (syn. Fomes annosus) Annosus Root Rot Pucciniastrum spp. Rust (Pucciniastrum) Uredinopsis spp. Rust (Uredinopsis)
Pests (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