balsam

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The authority said it will be looking to create glade areas for habitat diversity and control invasive and non-native Himalayan balsam.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Walcott studied the fossils by cutting them into sections of paper-thin slices of rock and attaching them to glass slides using balsam sap.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Overpopulation of the lumbering mammals were causing their own starvation as they outstripped available balsam fir trees — their primary food during long, snowbound winters, Michigan Technological University biologists said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Here’s an old-style Bordeaux, a 50-50 blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot with balsam and tree bark surrounding a core of dried fruit and spice.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

Maine, too, has its forests of spruce and balsam, and its problem of controlling forest insects.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson