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Abies lasiocarpa (Subalpine fir; corkbark fir; White balsam; Western balsam fir; Rocky Mountain fir; Alpine fir)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Abies lasiocarpa, commonly called the subalpine fir or Rocky Mountain fir, is a western North American fir tree.
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Infraspecies

Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica (corkbark fir) (Attributes)
Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa (Attributes)

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium
Shade Percentage [1]  91 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Janka Hardness [3]  350 lbf (159 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Scent [2]  The crushed foliage has a balsam aroma.
Specific Gravity [4]  0.32
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  The fragrant young leaves and twigs are used to repel moths or are burnt as an incense; They were also ground into a powder and used to make a baby powder and perfumes; A gum is obtained from the bark. It is antiseptic; It was also used to plug holes in canoes; An infusion of the leaves is used as a hair tonic; The leaves can also be placed in the shoes as a foot deodorant; Wood - light, soft, not strong. It is little used except as a fuel and for pulp; The native North American Indians used it for making chairs and insect-proof storage boxes; It was also used as a fuel and was said to burn for a long time;
Height [2]  82 feet (25 m)
Width [2]  13.12 feet (4 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 2 Low Temperature: -50 F° (-45.6 C°) → -40 F° (-40 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°)
Water Use [1]  Low
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Protected Areas

Emblem of

Yukon Territory

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Arceuthobium campylopodum (western dwarf mistletoe)[7]
Chrysophana placida[7]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8Oreamnos americanus, Chester B. Rideout and Robert S. Hoffman, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 63, pp. 1-6 (1975)
♦ 9Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 10Tamiasciurus douglasii, Michael A. Steele, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 630, pp. 1-8 (1999)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0