The Red Spruce (Picea rubens) is a spruce found in eastern North America. Some communities also call it West Virginia spruce, yellow spruce, he-balsma, and eastern spruce. This is at high altitudes in the cool boreal forest with moist well-drained sandy loam soils. It is a shade-tolerant conifer tree that can also grow in places with plenty of sunlight. It produces curved and sharp pointed yellow-green needle-like leaves. The crown is narrow and conical while the thin, scaly bark is gray-brown on the outside but red-brown on the inside. The red spruce produces glossy red-brown cylindrical cones. Wood from this tree is used to produce musical instruments.
Red Spruces have a typical overall height between 60’-75’ (18.3-22.9 m) and spread diameter of 30’-40’ (9.1-12.2 m). Exceptional mature Red Spruce trees may grow to a height of 115’ (35 m) in the wild. The trunk of the Red Spruce has a diameter of 12”-24” (30-61 cm) with needle-like leaf lengths between .47”-.59” (12-15 mm).
The Red Spruce (Picea rubens) is a spruce found in eastern North America. Some communities also call it West Virginia spruce, yellow spruce, he-balsma, and eastern spruce. This is at high altitudes in the cool boreal forest with moist well-drained sandy loam soils. It is a shade-tolerant conifer tree that can also grow in places with plenty of sunlight. It produces curved and sharp pointed yellow-green needle-like leaves. The crown is narrow and conical while the thin, scaly bark is gray-brown on the outside but red-brown on the inside. The red spruce produces glossy red-brown cylindrical cones. Wood from this tree is used to produce musical instruments.
Red Spruces have a typical overall height between 60’-75’ (18.3-22.9 m) and spread diameter of 30’-40’ (9.1-12.2 m). Exceptional mature Red Spruce trees may grow to a height of 115’ (35 m) in the wild. The trunk of the Red Spruce has a diameter of 12”-24” (30-61 cm) with needle-like leaf lengths between .47”-.59” (12-15 mm).
