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Abies balsamea - medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees

balm of Gilead, balsam fir, Canada balsam

silver fir - any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath

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For example, American Linden (Tilia americana), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), balsam fir (Abies balsamea), Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadesis), Norway spruce (Picea abies), paper birch (Betula papyrifera), Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) and white pine (Pinus strobus) are all considered highly vulnerable to the coming changes.

Will our suburban trees survive in a warmer climate?

Based on field observations of the bed site immediately after use, the moose cleared litter and duff to expose 3 [m.sup.2] of mineral soil under a closed-canopy balsam fir (Abies balsamea) stand.

Moose modify bed sites in response to high temperatures

In New Hampshire, pines were used by Red Squirrels for mushroom caches (Cram 1924), and in southern New Brunswick, Vernes and Poirier (2007) found an abandoned American Robin (Turdus migratorius) nest filled with sporocarps of false truffles in a small Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea).

Use of conifers by Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) in Montana for drying and caching mushrooms

Atlikti tyrimai taigoje trejus metus matuojant balzaminio kenio (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) kasdieni radialini prieaugi, kurio pasikeitimai visu pirma aiskinami vandens prieinamumu ir poreikiu (Deslauriers et al.

Influence of meteorological conditions on changes in the volume of the pine stem at the end of vegetation using high resolution dendrometers/Meteorologiniu salygu poveikis dideles raiskos dendrometrais ismatuotam pinus sylvestris kamieno apimties pokyciui vegetacijos periodo pabaigoje

Upland areas are generally mixed hardwood forests with multiple tree species including American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.), sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.), yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton), red pine, eastern white pine, jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.), black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.), and balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) (USFWS, 2009).

A case study in large-scale wetland restoration at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, upper Michigan, U.S.A