Spruce Budworms Handbook; Balsam Fir: Its Properties and Utilization
Goal(s)/Objective(s): To provide a source of information describing the properties and utilization of balsam fir in a single volume.
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- Sinclair, Steven A.
Department of Forest Products, School of Forestry and Wildlife Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Barnes, Douglas P.
Department of Forest Products, School of Forestry and Wildlife Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Balsam fir is one of the most widely distributed North American softwood tree species, covering approximately 150 million acres (6 1 million ha). The spruce-fir forests of the Eastern United States occupy more than 18 million acres (7 million ha), mostly in New England and the Lake States (USDA Forest Service 1978). In Canada, balsam fir grows from Labrador, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia through New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and the Prairie Provinces northwest to Lesser Slave Lake in Alberta.
Balsam fir is an important commercial timber species in North America with pulp the predominant use. However, it also is an important lumber species and usually is marketed with the spruces and in the Spruce-Pine-Fir grade.
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