Description ²

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Male and Female cones on different branches of the same tree
• Leaves: evergreen, long and flat needles, 3/8-1 inch long, dark green upper surface, whitish lower surface with green midvein
• Bark: thin, gray, smooth, many resin-filled blisters
• Fruit/Seed: cone, 2-3¼ inches long, ¾-1 inch wide, dark brownish purple, topped with profuse amounts of thick resin when mature, smooth, scales do not open
• Height: 50-85 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: peat swamps, moist upland forest

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Cephas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abies_balsamea_cones_Niapiskau_02.jpg
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• Ontario Trees
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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