white spruce

Pale-barked northern conifer

White spruce is a North American evergreen tree with silvery-green needles and a distinctive conical shape, common across Canada and the northern United States.

It thrives in cold climates and is valued for lumber, pulpwood, and as a Christmas tree.

The name distinguishes it from black spruce and other species: The forest was dominated by white spruce and birch.

coniferCone-bearing tree
evergreenRetains foliage year-round
barkSharp canine vocalization
taigaSubarctic evergreen biome
tree lineForest's upper limit

boreal forest · silviculture · pulpwood · wood pulp · lumber yard · muskeg · resin · gymnosperm · Christmas tree · tree · sequoia · softwood · boreal · Canada · firewood · Alaska · north · needle drop

Categories

spruces
coniferspine tree, fir, juniper, cypress, yew
timber treesoak, pine, maple, fir, cedar
boreal forestbalsam fir, tamarack, jack pine, snowshoe hare, caribou
boreal treesjack pine, tamarack, balsam fir, paper birch, fir
Canadian Plantsmaple, birch, fir, trillium, wild rose

Opposites

conifer type

white sprucepine

Cone-bearing evergreen

fir · balsam fir · Douglas fir · hemlock · cedar

spruce color varieties

white spruceblack spruce

Northern evergreen with drooping branches

red spruce · blue spruce · Norway spruce

deciduous vs evergreen trees

white sprucedeciduous tree

Tree shedding leaves annually

maple · oak · birch · aspen · poplar

Family

white, spruce, whiten, whitish, spruced-up, whiteness, whiteout, whitened, whitener

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Profile: Timeless · Concrete · Rated G