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Picea rubens, commonly known as red spruce, is a species of spruce native to eastern North America, ranging from eastern Quebec and Nova Scotia, west to the Adirondack Mountains and south through New England along the Appalachians to western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.
Picea rubens (red spruce) The straight-grained wood is lightweight but strong. It is the most popular choice in many stringed instruments for its resonance. Uses: timber; posts, pulpwood, terpenes, veneers. [40] [41] All eastern provinces
The woodlands of the area are rich in wildlife. In particular they are important habitat for migrating birds including wood warblers, vireos, and thrushes. The rivers of the ecoregion have the highest species richness of any freshwater ecosystem. In particular, there are a large number of endemic fish and shellfish species.
Picea rubens (red spruce) The straight-grained wood is lightweight but strong. It is the most popular choice in many stringed instruments for its resonance. Uses: timber; posts, pulpwood, terpenes, veneers [59] [60] NC TN, the Mid-Atlantic and New England —
Black spruce (Picea mariana) and tamarack (Larix laricina) are the predominant tree species. Where the soil is not saturated year round grows northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis). Speckled alder (Alnus incana) grows around the edges of these swamps and red spruce (Picea rubens) and white pine (Pinus strobus) grow on higher, drier ground. [3]
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Picea (spruces) Picea abies (Norway Spruce) - introduced; Picea engelmannii (Engelmann Spruce) Picea glauca (White Spruce) Picea mariana (Black Spruce) Picea omorika (Serbian Spruce) - introduced; Picea pungens (Colorado Spruce) - introduced; Picea rubens (Red Spruce) Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce) Pinus (pines) Pinus albicaulis (Whitebark Pine)
The spruce-fir forest consists primarily of two conifer species—red spruce (Picea rubens) and Fraser fir (Abies fraseri). The Fraser firs, which are native to southern Appalachia, once dominated elevations above 6,200 feet (1,900 m) in the Smokies.