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A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea (/ p aɪ ˈ s iː. ə / py-SEE-ə), [1] a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the Earth. Picea is the sole genus in the subfamily Piceoideae.
Picea abies, the Norway spruce [2] or European spruce, [3] is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. [ 4 ] It has branchlets that typically hang downwards, and the largest cones of any spruce , 9–17 cm long.
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss., the White Spruce, [4] is a species of spruce native to the northern temperate and boreal forests in Canada and United States, North America.. Picea glauca is native from central Alaska all through the east, across western and southern/central Canada to the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario and south to Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin ...
Red spruce is used for Christmas trees and is an important wood used in making paper pulp. It is also an excellent tonewood and is used in many higher-end acoustic guitars and violins, as well as sound boards. The sap can be used to make spruce gum. [11] Leafy red spruce twigs are boiled with sugar and flavoring to make spruce beer [16] or
White spruce is a common name for several species of spruce and may refer to: White spruce cones. Picea glauca, native to most of Canada and Alaska with limited populations in the northeastern United States; Picea engelmannii, native to the Rocky Mountains and Cascade Mountains of the United States and Canada
Nothing elicits quite the same amount of joy as a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. It may seem like it's always been tradition for families to hang ornaments, tinsel, and lights from ...
Picea schrenkiana, Schrenk's spruce, [1] or Asian spruce, [1] is a spruce native to the Tian Shan mountains of Central Asia (in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) and also to western China . [1] It grows at elevations of 1,200–3,500 m (3,900–11,500 ft), [ 3 ] usually in pure forests, sometimes mixed with the Tien Shan variety of Siberian fir ...
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