It passes through a green world of sphagnum moss, ferns, pitcher plants, mountain holly and trees adapted to the wet environment: black spruce (Picea mariana), tamarack (Larix laricina), Northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) and balsam fir (
Abies balsamea).
but also with other angiosperm (e.g., Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) and gymnosperm [e.g.,
Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.] tree species (Rowe 1972).
The rearing jars used in this experiment had been lined with paper towels made from stone ground wood pulp from North American-grown balsam fir (
Abies balsamea).
In general, species contributing the greatest number of twigs in adjacent woods were balsam fir (
Abies balsamea), beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta), and striped maple (Acer spicatum).
Of course, identical trees at the local landscape nursery are labeled "silver pine." And when your uncle, the retired professor of botany, came for a visit, he said that beyond a shadow of a doubt those were "
Abies balsamea." Your kids call them "Christmas trees."