Picea rubens - Wikipedia
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.
Red Spruce - US Forest Service Research and Development
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.
Red Spruce Tree Facts, Identification, Range, Uses, Pictures
Aug 31, 2017 · 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 …
Picea rubens (Eastern Spruce, He Balsam, Pocono, Red Spruce, …
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.
Red Spruce ( Picea rubens ) - wildadirondacks.org
Jul 28, 2012 · The Red Spruce (Picea rubens) is a medium-sized evergreen conifer that grows in cool, boreal forests of the northeast, including the Adirondack Mountains. This species is the conifer species most typical of the Adirondack region as a whole.
Meet the Red Spruce - New England Forestry Foundation
Feb 26, 2020 · Red Spruce and spruce-fir forest types are used by many iconic wildlife species of the north woods, including American Marten, Snowshoe Hare, and Canada Lynx. Dense, mature spruce-fir stands also provide critical winter habitat for White-tailed Deer in the northern extent of its range.
Picea rubens (Red Spruce) - Gardenia
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 (Picea rubens) - US Forest Service
Red spruce is narrow ranged (3.3% of area), but high density and importance where it exists. Red spruce models show little change in area but substantial decrease in mean IV, so that habitat suitability is expected to decline.
Red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) is a cool temperate, shade-tolerant conifer of eastern North America. Although it is symbolically linked to the Southern Appalachians of Tennessee and North Carolina, the bulk of its distribution is actually in New England and …
red spruce - USDA Plants Database
red spruce ; Endangered, Listed Pinelands, Highlands Listed, S1; Picea rubens Sarg. red spruce. About the National Wetland Plant List Wetland Regions. Region Status; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU: Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU: Northcentral & Northeast: FACU: