Corkbark (Subalpine) Fir Essential Oil (Abies lasiocarpa)
Overview
Corkbark (Subalpine) Fir may also be referred to as Subalpine fir, alpine fir, balsam fir, white fir, mountain balsam fir, white balsam, western balsam fir, Rocky Mountain fir; pino real blanco de las sierras. It is typically processed using steam or hydro distillation as a method for extracting oil from the needles.
Essential Facts
- Aroma Description:
- Common Name(s): Subalpine fir, alpine fir, balsam fir, white fir, mountain balsam fir, white balsam, western balsam fir, Rocky Mountain fir; pino real blanco de las sierras
- Botanical Family: Pinaceae
- Botanical Genus: Abies
- Chemical Family: Esters, Monoterpenes
- Perfumery Note: Top/Middle
- Indigenous Country: United States
- Cultivation: Wild Harvested
- Processing Methods: Steam or Hydro Distillation
- Part Typically Used: Needles
- Shelf Life: 3-4 years
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Conservation Status:
[LC] Least Concern
Balsamic
Coniferous
Cool
Fresh
Strong
Woody-
Wild Harvested
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Vegan
Essential Details
Benefits & Uses
Therapeutic Benefits of Corkbark (Subalpine) Fir:
Anti-inflammatory
Anti-rheumatic
Anti-septic
Decongestant
Deodorant
Rubefacient
Stimulant
Strengthening
Warming
Energetic, Spiritual, and Emotional Qualities
Energetics and Chakras Qualites of Corkbark (Subalpine) Fir:
1st Chakra - Survival and Support
3rd Chakra - Personal Power
7th Chakra - Higher Information
Clarity
Grounding
Transformative
Uplifting
Articles
Corkbark (Subalpine) Fir Articles or Publications:
- PubMed: Contrasting primary successional trajectories of fungi and bacteria in retreating glacier soils.
- PubMed: Indirect and mitigated effects of pulsed resources on the population dynamics of a northern rodent.
- PubMed: Post-fire spatial patterns of soil nitrogen mineralization and microbial abundance.
- PubMed: Weather and climate controls over the seasonal carbon isotope dynamics of sugars from subalpine forest trees.
- PubMed: Temporal variation of nonstructural carbohydrates in montane conifers: similarities and differences among developmental stages, species and environmental conditions.
- PubMed: Diversity and species distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungi along productivity gradients of a southern boreal forest.
- PubMed: Carbon balance of conifer seedlings at timberline: relative changes in uptake, storage, and utilization.
- PubMed: Use of temporal patterns in vapor pressure deficit to explain spatial autocorrelation dynamics in tree transpiration.
- PubMed: Influences of secondary disturbances on lodgepole pine stand development in Rocky Mountain National Park.
- PubMed: Controls of growth phenology vary in seedlings of three, co-occurring ecologically distinct northern conifers.
- PubMed: Hydraulic compensation in northern Rocky Mountain conifers: does successional position and life history matter?
- PubMed: Variability of Cenococcum colonization and its ecophysiological significance for young conifers at alpine-treeline.
- PubMed: Epiphytic lichen diversity on dead and dying conifers under different levels of atmospheric pollution.
- PubMed: Interacting influence of light and size on aboveground biomass distribution in sub-boreal conifer saplings with contrasting shade tolerance.
- PubMed: Nitrogen uptake and turnover in riparian woody vegetation.
- PubMed: Abiotic factors limiting photosynthesis in Abies lasiocarpa and Picea engelmannii seedlings below and above the alpine timberline.
- PubMed: Tracheid diameter is the key trait determining the extent of freezing-induced embolism in conifers.
- PubMed: Bacterial diversity associated with subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) ectomycorrhizae following wildfire and salvage-logging in central British Columbia.
- PubMed: Occurrence of ectomycorrhizal fungi on the forefront of retreating Lyman Glacier (Washington, USA) in relation to time since deglaciation.
- PubMed: Water use by whitebark pine and subalpine fir: potential consequences of fire exclusion in the northern Rocky Mountains.
- PubMed: Dependence of winter water relations of mature high-elevation Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa on summer climate.
- PubMed: Exposure to dust, resin acids, and monoterpenes in softwood lumber mills.
- PubMed: Carrier herbal medicine: traditional and contemporary plant use.
- PubMed: Diameter distribution of some subalpine fir stands in central British Columbia.
- PubMed: Structural scaling of light interception efficiency in Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa.
- PubMed: Xylem embolism in response to freeze-thaw cycles and water stress in ring-porous, diffuse-porous, and conifer species.
- PubMed: Importance of the method of leaf area measurement to the interpretation of gas exchange of complex shoots.
- PubMed: Photosynthesis, water relations and mortality in Abies lasiocarpa seedlings during natural establishment.
- PubMed: Semiochemicals produced by western balsam bark beetle,Dryocoetes confusus Swaine (Coleoptera: Scolytidae).
- PubMed: Physiographic, stand, and environmental effects on individual tree growth and growth efficiency in subalpine forests.
- PubMed: Influence of shoot structure on light interception and photosynthesis in conifers.
- PubMed: Evaluation of season, temperature, and water stress effects on stomata using a leaf conductance model.
- PubMed: Leaf conductance as a function of photosynthetic photon flux density and absolute humidity difference from leaf to air.
- PubMed: Deep undercooling of tissue water and winter hardiness limitations in timberline flora.
- PubMed: Importance of Aerodynamic Resistance to Water Use Efficiency in Three Conifers under Field Conditions.