Abies balsamea or balsam fir is a North American fir, native to most of eastern and central Canada and the northeastern United States. It is celebrated for its rich green needles, natural conical shape, and needle retention after being cut, and it is notably the most fragrant of all Christmas tree varieties.
A wand made from Balsam Fir gives off a pleasant fragrance that is both alluring and soothing, making it popular along the northeastern coast of the United States and eastern and central Canada. Often conflated with another variety of Fir, which is, in turn, conflated with various Fir, there are only a few distinctions that mark this Fir apart from Pinaceae norms. Most particularly, this particular type of Fir wand tends to seek those who are ready and able to work within complex political frameworks, and are often political revolutionaries or otherwise politically significant in some fashion or another. Many of those who carry wands of this wood would have a certain natural sense of their authority, though this is not something everyone would necessarily agree on.