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Each value Trefle shows for Abies balsamea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced19 Source not recorded12 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Mill.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 3 (1768)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1768	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Canada balsam	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Pine family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	C. & E. Canada to Virginia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	660 cm	660 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 329 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 100, 241, 431, 629, 662, 873, 909, 918, 925	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 185 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 100, 918, 925	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Single Stem	Single Stem · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Slow	Slow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	2000 cm	2000 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 100, 241, 431, 629, 662, 873, 909, 918, 925	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 211 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 100, 424, 818, 918, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 136 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 57, 67, 100, 130, 822	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 6	pH 6 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 4	pH 4 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	97 cm	97 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 36 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 432, 662, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	38.7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 424, 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	christmas_trees, fuelwood, lumber, naval_stores, nursery_stock, pulpwood, timber, veneer · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Deep · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Abies balsamea (L.) Mill., 1768 54% complete

Canada balsam

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