red spruce

Appalachian timber tree

Red spruce is a coniferous evergreen tree native to eastern North America, growing primarily in cool, moist mountain forests from New England through the Appalachians.

It has short, yellowish-green needles and produces small reddish-brown cones.

The wood is valued for lumber, pulp, and musical instrument soundboards.

Related

old growth · mountain forest · tonewood · evergreen · lumber · timber harvest · pine · resin · boreal forest · pulpwood · paper mill · Appalachian Mountains · fog belt · acid rain · gymnosperm · high elevation · musical instruments · branch

Opposites
conifer type

red sprucelarch

Deciduous coniferous tree

tamarack · bald cypress · balsam fir · Douglas fir · white fir

tree hardness/wood type

red sprucered oak

Acorn-bearing hardwood tree

white oak · sugar maple · black walnut · hickory · ash

tree classification

red spruceoak

Quercus genus member

maple · beech · birch · ash · elm

Family

red, spruce

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Rated G