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Red Spruce

Red Spruce

Picea rubens

  • Description Description Icon
    The Red Spruce is a medium sized tree with shiny yellowish-green needles with lines of faint white dots usually present on all 4 sides of a needle. The needles point forward, often pressed close to the twig.
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  • Interesting Fact Interesting Fact Icon
    Spruce is often used to make musical instruments as it has uniform texture and is free from irregularities. Specifically, it is typically used for guitars, organ pipes, piano sounding boards, and violin bellies.