Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Peuce balsamea	Rich.	Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 16: 298 (1810)
Pinus taxifolia	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 399 (1796)
Picea aromatica	Carrière	Traité Gén. Conif. , ed. 2: 310 (1867)
Picea balsamea	Loudon	Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2339 (1838)
Pinus balsamea	L.	Sp. Pl. : 1002 (1753)
Abies balsamea f. hudsonia	(Bosc ex Jacques) Fernald & Weath.	Rhodora 34: 190 1932
Abies hudsonia	Bosc ex Carrière	Traité Gén. Conif. 200. 1855
Pinus abies var. balsamea	(L.) Münchh.	Hausvater 5(1): 222 1770
Picea fraseri var. hudsonia	(Bosc ex Jacques) Knight & Perry	Syn. Conif. 39. 1850
Abies fraseri var. hudsonia	(Bosc ex Jacques) Carrière	Traité Gén. Conif. 200. 1855
Abies balsamea var. longifolia	Loudon	Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2339. 1838
Pinus balsamea var. longifolia	(Loudon) Endl.	Syn. Conif. 103 1847
Abies balsamea var. brachylepis	Willk.	Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1868: 7. 1869
Picea balsamea var. longifolia	Loudon	Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2339. 1838
Abies fraseri var. nana	Lindl. & Gordon	J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 209. 1850
Picea balsamea var. nana	J.Nelson	Pinaceae 37. 1866
Abies balsamea f. nana	(J.Nelson) Beissn.	Handb. Conif. 44 1887
Abies balsamea var. nana	(J.Nelson) Carrière	Traité Gén. Conif. ed. 2: 294 1867
Abies balsamea var. macrocarpa	A.H.Kent	Man. Conif. new ed.: 492. 1900

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	balsam fir
English	canadian balsam fir
English	canadian fir
English	balm of gilead
Arabic	شوح بلسمي
atj	irinacit
Azerbaijani	Ətirli ağ şam
Belarusian	Піхта бальзамічная
Bulgarian	балсамова ела
Bulgarian	балсамна ела
Czech	jedle balzámová
German	balsam-tanne
Greek	Ελάτη η βαλσαμική
Esperanto	balzama abio
Estonian	palsaminulg
Basque	baltsamo-izei
Persian	نراد بالسام
Finnish	palsamipihta
French	sapin baumier
French	sapin balsamier
Hebrew	אשוח ריחני
Croatian	balzamasta jela
Hungarian	balzsamos jegenyefenyő
Hungarian	balzsamfenyő
Armenian	եղևին բալասանային
Icelandic	balsamþinur
Japanese	バルサムモミ
koi	Бальзам ньыв
Lithuanian	balzaminis kėnis
Latvian	balzama baltegle
Norwegian Bokmål	balsamgran
Dutch	balsemzilverspar
oj	zhingob
Polish	jodła balsamiczna
Russian	Пихта бальзамическая
Slovenian	balzamovec
Serbian	Балзамаста јела
Swedish	balsamgran
udm	Бальзам ньылпу
Ukrainian	Ялиця бальзамічна
Chinese	胶冷杉
Chinese	香脂冷杉
Chinese	膠冷杉
Chinese	加拿大香脂冷杉

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Name	Authority	First published in
Abies balsamea var. balsamea		Unknown
Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis	Fernald	Rhodora 11: 201 (1909)

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  - Minnesota
  - Wisconsin
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut
  - Maine
  - Massachusetts
  - Michigan
  - New Hampshire
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  - Vermont
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  - Maryland
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000511004
UNII	4DI3HCB5EP
Cornell Woody Plants	1
Canadensys	7159
USDA Plants	ABBA
UConn	1
Tropicos	24900050
INPN	717022
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1084057-2
The Plant List	kew-2609719
Plantarium	6
Missouri Botanical Garden	284972
PFAF	Abies balsamea
PaleoBotany	95199
Open Tree Of Life	883527
Observations.org	113745
NCBI Taxonomy	90345
Nature Serve	2.152370
IUCN Red List	42272
IPNI	1084057-2
iNaturalist	54261
GBIF	2685383
Freebase	/m/02v7zy
WisFlora	2407
FEIS	plants/tree/abibal
EPPO	ABIBA
EOL	1061732
Elurikkus	2454
US Library of Congress	sh85011349
USDA GRIN	635
Wikipedia	Abies_balsamea

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Frequent and strong cold‐air pooling drives temperate forest composition

Pastore MA, Classen AT, D'Amato AW, English ME, Rand K, Foster JR, Adair EC

Ecol Evol

01-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC10985370
doi:	10.1002/ece3.11126
PMID:	38571787

Interplay of biotic and abiotic factors shapes tree seedling growth and root-associated microbial communities

Chamard J, Faticov M, Blanchet FG, Chagnon PL, Laforest-Lapointe I

Commun Biol

22-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10960049
doi:	10.1038/s42003-024-06042-7
PMID:	38519711

Tree adaptive growth (TAG) model: a life-history theory-based analytical model for post-thinning forest stand dynamics

Roitberg B, Li C, Lalonde R

Front Plant Sci

26-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC11027167
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2024.1344883

Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils from Pinaceae Species

Ancuceanu R, Anghel AI, Hovaneț MV, Ciobanu AM, Lascu BE, Dinu M

Antioxidants (Basel)

26-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10967544
doi:	10.3390/antiox13030286
PMID:	38539820

Use of rhodamine B as a biomarker in a simulated oral vaccine deployment against bovine tuberculosis in white-tailed deer

Dressel D, VerCauteren KC, Lavelle MJ, Snow NP, Campa H III

Front Vet Sci

13-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10896993
doi:	10.3389/fvets.2024.1354772
PMID:	38414651

American marten occupancy and activity patterns at the southern extent of their range in the eastern United States

Ashbrook S, Hapeman P

Ecol Evol

05-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10844684
doi:	10.1002/ece3.10904
PMID:	38322003

Lake Superior's summer cooling of shorelines and adjacent inland forests: Implications for refugia of boreal forests and disjunct arctic–alpine plants

Hillman A, Nielsen SE

Ecol Evol

28-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10753639
doi:	10.1002/ece3.10833
PMID:	38155816

It takes a village to grow a tree: Most tree species benefit from dissimilar neighbors

Di Maurizio V, Searle E, Paquette A

Ecol Evol

21-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10739099
doi:	10.1002/ece3.10804
PMID:	38145019

Factors influencing the difference in dissolved ion inputs to the forest floor between deciduous and coniferous stands: comparison under high and low atmospheric deposition conditions

Imamura N, Ohte N, Tanaka N

Environ Monit Assess

02-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10693530
doi:	10.1007/s10661-023-12132-6
PMID:	38041704

The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.)

Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ

PLoS One

04-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10602594
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:	37792900

Modelling the potential of forest management to mitigate climate change in Eastern Canadian forests

Ameray A, Bergeron Y, Cavard X

Sci Rep

04-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10477314
doi:	10.1038/s41598-023-41790-2
PMID:	37666929

Holarctic Species in the Pluteus podospileus Clade: Description of Six New Species and Reassessment of Old Names

Ševčíková H, Malysheva EF, Antonín V, Borovička J, Dovana F, Ferisin G, Eyssartier G, Grootmyers D, Heilmann-Clausen J, Kalichman J, Kaygusuz O, Lebeuf R, Muñoz González G, Minnis AM, Russell SD, Saar I, Nielsen IB, Frøslev TG, Justo A

J Fungi (Basel)

31-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10532425
doi:	10.3390/jof9090898
PMID:	37755006

A trait-based approach to both forestry and timber building can synchronize forest harvest and resilience

Osborne P, Aquilué N, Mina M, Moe K, Jemtrud M, Messier C

PNAS Nexus

29-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10465084
doi:	10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad254
PMID:	37649582

The far-reaching effects of genetic process in a keystone predator species, grey wolves

Hoy SR, Hedrick PW, Peterson RO, Vucetich LM, Brzeski KE, Vucetich JA

Sci Adv

23-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10446474
doi:	10.1126/sciadv.adc8724
PMID:	37611108

Climate change–induced stress disrupts ectomycorrhizal interaction networks at the boreal–temperate ecotone

Fernandez CW, Mielke L, Stefanski A, Bermudez R, Hobbie SE, Montgomery RA, Reich PB, Kennedy PG

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

14-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10450648
doi:	10.1073/pnas.2221619120
PMID:	37579148

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acid esters / Fatty acid methyl esters
Methyl triacontanoate	12400	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC	466.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)82346-8
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols
(5R,10S)-nonacosane-5,10-diol	163027945	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(CCCCC(CCCC)O)O	440.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)82346-8
5,10-Nonacosandiol	13797568	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(CCCCC(CCCC)O)O	440.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)82346-8
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols / Long-chain fatty alcohols
(R)-nonacosan-10-ol	342803	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(CCCCCCCCC)O	424.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1139/V70-010 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)82346-8
Nonacosan-10-ol	25240035	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(CCCCCCCCC)O	424.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1139/V70-010
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids
(1R,2R,4aR,8aS)-2,5,5,8a-tetramethyl-1-[(2E)-3-methylpenta-2,4-dienyl]-3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-ol	163034651	Click to see CC(=CCC1C2(CCCC(C2CCC1(C)O)(C)C)C)C=C	290.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/JR9640005822
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids
Myrcene	31253	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=C)C=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1139/V53-027 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2003-39695
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
(+)-Camphene	92221	Click to see CC1(C2CCC(C2)C1=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.84.5_453
1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol	64685	Click to see CC1(C2CCC1(C(C2)O)C)C	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2003-39695
3-Carene	26049	Click to see CC1=CCC2C(C1)C2(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2003-39695
alpha-PINENE	6654	Click to see CC1=CCC2CC1C2(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2003-39695
Bornyl acetate	6448	Click to see CC(=O)OC1CC2CCC1(C2(C)C)C	196.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2003-39695
Camphene	6616	Click to see CC1(C2CCC(C2)C1=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2003-39695 https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.84.5_453
Tricyclene	79035	Click to see CC1(C2CC3C1(C3C2)C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1139/V53-027
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
Beta-Phellandrene	11142	Click to see CC(C)C1CCC(=C)C=C1	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2003-39695
Limonene, (+)-	440917	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.84.5_453
Limonene, (+/-)-	22311	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.84.5_453 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2003-39695
Terpinolene	11463	Click to see CC1=CCC(=C(C)C)CC1	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2003-39695
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(5S)-2-methyl-5-[(2S)-1-(4-methylfuran-2-yl)propan-2-yl]cyclohex-2-en-1-one	14396633	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1=O)C(C)CC2=CC(=CO2)C	232.32	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1139/V75-223
(E,6R)-6-[(1'S,3R,6S,7S,7aS)-7-(2-carboxyethyl)-1',7-dimethyl-3'-methylidene-6-prop-1-en-2-ylspiro[2,5,6,7a-tetrahydro-1H-indene-3,2'-cyclopentane]-1'-yl]-2-methyl-4-oxohept-2-enoic acid	13943221	Click to see CC(CC(=O)C=C(C)C(=O)O)C1(CCC(=C)C12CCC3C2=CCC(C3(C)CCC(=O)O)C(=C)C)C	482.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/OL300237F
6-[7-(2-carboxyethyl)-1',7-dimethyl-3'-methylidene-6-prop-1-en-2-ylspiro[2,5,6,7a-tetrahydro-1H-indene-3,2'-cyclopentane]-1'-yl]-2-methyl-4-oxohept-2-enoic acid	162971229	Click to see CC(CC(=O)C=C(C)C(=O)O)C1(CCC(=C)C12CCC3C2=CCC(C3(C)CCC(=O)O)C(=C)C)C	482.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/OL300237F
Humulene	5281520	Click to see CC1=CCC(C=CCC(=CCC1)C)(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2003-39695
methyl (4R)-4-[(2R,4R)-4-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]cyclohexene-1-carboxylate	14396631	Click to see CC(C)CC(CC(C)C1CCC(=CC1)C(=O)OC)O	268.39	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1139/V77-351
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroidal glycosides
[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(1R,3R,5S,8S,9S,10S,13S,14S,16S,17R)-3-hydroxy-17-[(2S,3S)-3-hydroxy-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-1-[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-16-yl]oxy]oxan-2-yl]methyl acetate	163010719	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2CC(CC3C2(C4CCC5(C(C4CC3)CC(C5C(C)C(CC=C(C)C)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)COC(=O)C)O)O)O)C)C)O)O)O)O	785.00	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1139/V53-027
> Nucleosides, nucleotides, and analogues / Purine nucleosides
Zeatin riboside	6440982	Click to see CC(=CCNC1=C2C(=NC=N1)N(C=N2)C3C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)CO	351.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(79)80139-9
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Serine and derivatives
Serine	5951	Click to see C(C(C(=O)O)N)O	105.09	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)97854-9
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Cyclic ketones
4,4-Dimethyl-2-cyclohepten-1-one	53883083	Click to see CC1(CCCC(=O)C=C1)C	138.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90106-7
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Imidazopyrimidines / Purines and purine derivatives / 6-aminopurines / 6-alkylaminopurines
trans-Zeatin	449093	Click to see CC(=CCNC1=NC=NC2=C1NC=N2)CO	219.24	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(79)80139-9

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