With two weeks left until Christmas, you can grab a beautiful, artificial tree from several top retailers to light up what’s left of 2023. The TikTok famous LED Grand Duchess Balsam Fir is ...

Balsam fir’s scientific name is Abies balsamea. It is often misidentified as a Christmas tree or pine tree. It is not a pine tree but is the only native fir tree species to Minnesota.

These big fir trees provided beauty as holiday decor and then were used for the enjoyment of a very happy bison and other large mammals at a Chicago zoo. More than 900 Balsam fir trees used during ...