Firs
- Latin name: Abies sp.
- French name: Sapin
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Description
Insects and mites
Insects that cause damage to this tree.
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Strawberry root weevil
Scientific name: Otiorhynchus ovatus (L.)
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Western blackheaded budworm
Scientific name: Acleris gloverana (Walsingham)
Cones or seeds
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Western spruce budworm
Scientific name: Choristoneura occidentalis occidentalis Freeman
Foliage or buds
Hemlock looper
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Lambdina fiscellaria
(Guenée)
- Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria
- Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa
- Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria
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Balsam woolly adelgid
Scientific name: Adelges piceae (Ratzeburg)
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Hemlock looper
Scientific names:
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Lambdina fiscellaria
(Guenée)
- Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria
- Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa
- Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria
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Lambdina fiscellaria
(Guenée)
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Western blackheaded budworm
Scientific name: Acleris gloverana (Walsingham)
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Western spruce budworm
Scientific name: Choristoneura occidentalis occidentalis Freeman
Roots, bark, stem or trunk, or branches
Diseases caused by pathogens
Diseases caused by pathogens that cause damage to this tree.
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Black mildew
Pathogen name: Rasutoria abietis (Dearn.) M.E. Barr
Foliage or buds
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Black mildew
Pathogen name: Rasutoria abietis (Dearn.) M.E. Barr
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Conifer-poplar rust
Pathogen name: Melampsora occidentalis Jacks.
Roots, bark, stem or trunk, or branches
Pitted sap rot
Pathogen name: Trichaptum abietinum (Dicks.) Ryvarden (Common names for this fungus: purple conk fungus, purple-toothed polypore)
Schweinitzii butt rot
Pathogen name: Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (Common names for the fungus: velvet-topped polypore, dyer’s polypore)