Index / Search / Abies balsamea var. balsamea
§1 Plant
Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. var. balsamea
vernacular balsam fir — variety · Pinaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Family
- Pinaceae Spreng. ex Rudolphi
- Genus
- Abies
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
County-level range
· 160 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 160 counties across 8 states/territories.
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Menominee 26109
- Montmorency 26119
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
Minnesota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mahnomen 27087
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
New York view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Otsego 36077
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Kewaunee 55061
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Pepin 55091
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waupaca 55135
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ABBAB ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7230712 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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