Balsam Fir

Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.

Abies balsamea (Balsam Fir) is a species of tree in the family pines. It has simple, spine leaf leaves and yellow flowers. It is a photoautotroph.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000324
Definition: A color hue with medium wavelength of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between orange and green, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 570 to 590 nanometers.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dictionary:http://dictionary.reference.com/]

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000013
Definition: A process during which a living entity generates food from abiotic sources and captures energy from light.

EOL has data for 87 attributes, including:

Leaf mass per area
- URI: http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&&trait=Leaf_mass_per_area
- Definition: the ratio of the dry mass of a leaf to its area
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0.037083979 kg/m^2
leaf sheddability
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0008548
- Definition: A plant's disposition to lose leaves by a natural process
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evergreen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001733
- Definition: Evergreen (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to retain foliage.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
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plant height
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000207
- Definition: A stature and vigor trait (TO:0000133) which is associated with the height of a whole plant (PO:0000003).
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0.65 m
seed mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0015519
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7.6 mg
stem diameter
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0000875
- Definition: linear distance through the cross section of the stem or trunk, passing through the center
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0.02235 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Balsam Fir