Abies balsamea

Abies balsamea

Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.
Engl.: balsam fir, American silver fir, balm of Gilead fir, balsam spruce, eastern fir, hemlock fir.
Deu.: Balsamtanne.
Fran.: sapin balsamier, sapin baumier.
Sven.: balsamgran.
Suom.: palsamijalokuusi, palsamipihta.
Pharm.: terebinthina canadensis, balsam of fir, balsam of Gilead, Canada balsam, Canada turpentine.
Bot. syn.: Abies balsamifera Michx., Abies x phanerolepis (Fernald) Tang S. Liu, Picea balsamea Lour., Pinus balsamea L.

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Bark with sap blisters. This is how you pop them. Mustio, Inkoo, Finland. Planted. 2010-07-25.

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Bark with sap blisters, one of them weeping sap. Mustio, Inkoo, Finland. Planted. 2010-07-25.

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Balsam fir.

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Henriette's herbal blog: I take my current crop of students to the local arboretum every year.

Aspen.

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Cones. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2006-09-09.