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The balsam fir is one of the greatest exports of Quebec and New England. It is celebrated for its rich green needles, natural conical shape, and needle retention after being cut, and it is notably the most fragrant of all Christmas tree varieties. [17] The balsam fir was used six times for the US Capitol Christmas Tree between 1964 and 2019. [11]
Pine and fir trees, grown purposely for use as Christmas trees, are vulnerable to a wide variety of pests, weeds and diseases. Many of the conifer species cultivated face infestations and death from such pests as the balsam woolly adelgid and other adelgids. Aphids are another common insect pest.
Red ring rot is common in North America. The pathogen Porodaedalea pini is widely spread in the temperate zone in the Northern Hemisphere. [4] It infects a wide range of coniferous trees, including jack pine, lodgepole pine, Sitka and white spruce, Douglas-fir, balsam and true fir, western hemlock, and tamarack.
Pests and Problems. The two major threats to Fraser fir are a tiny insect and a fungus: Balsam woolly adelgid is an introduced pest that has become a major threat to Fraser fir trees in the wild ...
The balsam woolly adelgid (Adelges piceae) is small wingless insect that infests and kills firs.In their native Europe they are a minor parasite on silver fir and Sicilian fir, but they have become a threat especially to balsam fir and Fraser fir after they were introduced to the United States around the beginning of the 20th century.
Neodiprion abietis, commonly known as the balsam fir sawfly, is a species of insect in the family Diprionidae. It is found in North America from Canada to northern Mexico and is phytophagous , feeding on the needles of coniferous trees.
Close-up view of Fraser fir foliage. Abies fraseri is a small evergreen coniferous tree typically growing between 30 and 50 ft (10 and 20 m) tall and rarely to 80 ft (20 m), with a trunk diameter of 16–20 in (41–51 cm), rarely 30 in (80 cm).
We put all the best artificial Christmas trees to the test, including Balsam Hill, King of Christmas, and Puleo International.