Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae > Abies > Abies fraseriAbies fraseri (Fraser fir; Southern fir; Southern balsam fir; She-balsam; Fraser's fir; Fraser balsam fir)Synonyms: Abies americana; Abies balsamea fraseri (homotypic); Abies balsamea var. fraseri; Abies fraseri f. fraseri; Abies fraseri f. prostrata; Abies fraseri var. prostrata; Abies humilis; Picea balsamea var. fraseri; Picea fraseri (homotypic); Picea hudsonia; Pinus balsamea var. fraseri; Pinus fraseri (homotypic) Language: Fre; Ger; Hun; Ita The Fraser fir, Abies fraseri, is a species of fir native to the Appalachian Mountains of the Southeastern United States. Abies fraseri is closely related to balsam fir (Abies balsamea), of which it has occasionally been treated as a subspecies (as A. balsamea subsp. fraseri (Pursh) E.Murray) or a variety (as A. balsamea var. fraseri (Pursh) Spach). |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | | Allergen Potential [1] | Low | | Carbon Capture [1] | Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Moderate | | Screening - Winter [2] | Moderate | | Shade Percentage [1] | 91 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Mid Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | Low | | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Low | | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | | Frost Free Days [2] | 90 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Medium | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Spring | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Moderate | | Hazards [3] | The oleoresin (Canada balsam) can cause dermatitis in some people; | | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Wind | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 6 inches (15 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | | Seeds Per [2] | 60800 / lb (134041 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Specific Gravity [4] | 0.38 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | Wood - light, soft, coarse grained, not strong; It is occasionally manufactured into lumber;
The following uses are for the closely related A. balsamea. Since this species also has blisters of resin in the bark[81], the uses quite probably also apply here.
The balsamic resin 'Balm of Gilead';. Another report says that it is a turpentine; It is used medicinally, also in the manufacture of glues, candles and as a cement for microscopes and slides - it has a high refractive index resembling that of glass; The average yield is about 8 - 10 oz per tree; The resin is also a fixative in soaps and perfumery;
Leaves are a stuffing material for pillows etc - they impart a pleasant scent[46, 61] and also repel moths[169] | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Purple | | Foliage Color [2] | Dark Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Fruit Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | | Height [3] | 49 feet (15 m) | | Width [1] | 17 feet (5.3 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Shady | | Soil Acidity [2] | Very Acid | | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | | Water Use [1] | Low |
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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. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 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. ♦ 8Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants |
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
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