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 …

Red spruce (Picea rubens), also known as yellow spruce, West Virginia spruce, eastern spruce, and he-balsam, is one of the more important conifers in the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. It is a medium-size tree that may grow to be more than 400 years old.

2017年8月31日 · Red spruce trees inhabit eastern North America. Perhaps it’s most well-known use is its effectiveness as a tonewood, which makes it a perfect choice for making guitars and violins. The tree is, however, susceptible to windthrow and …

The red spruce can be commonly found along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the highest peaks of North Carolina and Virginia and increasing in numbers into Maine. It is often found growing with Fraiser Fir trees at higher elevations.

2012年7月28日 · Trees of the Adirondacks: Red Spruce is the conifer species most typical of the Adirondack region as a whole. Its needles are short, four-sided, and unfriendly to the touch. Red Spruce (Picea rubens) on the Barnum Brook Trail (28 July 2012).

2022年2月26日 · The Red Spruce (Picea rubens) is an important tree species in New England; together with Balsam Fir, it is the dominant tree used for lumber and pulp across much of Maine. There’s more to the species, however, than its growth pattern that makes for high-quality dimensional boards.

3 天之前 · Description of the evolution, biology, distribution, ecology, and uses of Picea rubens (red spruce).

Picea rubens (Red Spruce) is a handsome evergreen conifer with a broad or narrow conical crown and a trunk diameter usually up to 24 in. (60 cm). The leaves are needle-like, bright yellow-green, and quite short, 1/2 in. (1 cm).

Red spruce is one of the most important forest trees in the northeast. The wood is light, soft, narrow-ringed and faintly tinged with red. It is the most common species of eastern spruce lumber. Because of its resonance, it is especially adapted to sounding boards in musical instruments.

2024年9月16日 · Growing from New England and the Maritime Provences of Canada south to the Blue Ridge Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina, red spruce (Picea rubens) is a very stately native evergreen. Red spruce features deep green needles set thickly on rusty red twigs.