15 October 2013
Red Spruce
Picea Rubens
Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve, Bangor, Maine
Evergreen tree with needles 1/2 to 5/8 inches and often curved upward. It is similar in appearance to black spruce but prefers well-drained soils instead of the wet soils that black spruce grows in.
Photo by Donne Sinderson
Red Spruce
Picea Rubens
Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve, Bangor, Maine
Evergreen tree with needles 1/2 to 5/8 inches and often curved upward. It is similar in appearance to black spruce but prefers well-drained soils instead of the wet soils that black spruce grows in.
Photo by Donne Sinderson
