Spruce Fir
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Spruce Fir (Picea) - Usually stately evergreen cone-bearing trees of the northern world and mountains, including among them the common Norway Spruce and the Douglas Fir, usually doing best in moist valley soils.
Spruce
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any plant of the genus Picea, evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Pinaceae (pine family) widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
Sitka spruce
Picea sitchensis
A large tree that commonly grows up to 70 metres tall and 2 metres across when mature. The largest known Sitka spruce is 93 metres tall and 5 metres across.
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Spruces are evergreen, coniferous trees with a narrow, conical habit. They are an important source of wood pulp and are very popular as Christmas trees.
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Spruce may be attacked by needle casts. One causes needles to turn yellow or brown and drop off. Another affects the lowest needles first then moves up the tree. Infected needles are a mottled yellow.
Most spruce needles are four-sided, stiff, and less than one inch long, 2.5 centimeters to be exact. Woody, peglike projections help join the needles to the twigs. Spruce trees grow tall and most are shaped like pyramids.
This spruce is a good choice for adding "bones" to the garden. This handsome conifer has a charming shape and adds substance to my own mixed garden border.
Blue spruce is only adapted in the higher elevations of Arkansas, and even then it suffers from our heat and humidity.
Norway Spruce
(Picea abies (L.) Karst)
LEAVES: Evergreen needles occur singly, spirally arranged on twigs, sharp-pointed, four-sided, usually 3/4" long, dark green.
TWIGS: Bright, golden-brown. Buds egg-shaped, darker than twigs.
Engelmann's Spruce
Scientific Name: Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.
Synonym: Picea glauca var. engelmannii
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( Red Spruce )
This evergreen conifer has a narrow, pyramidal growth habit with curved branches turned upwards at the tips. Bark is scaly, purple-brown, turning to red-brown; shoots are buff colored.
More common in cold climates but Colorado spruce can be found in the Bay Area, often installed by transplanted gardeners who grew up with them or those who are setting out live Christmas trees.
The wood of Engelmann Spruce is not widely used because of its habitat of high mountainous areas. But if used, is grouped with other spruces. The soft, yellowish-brown, resilient wood is used in general construction. It is important for firewood.
Picea omorika 'Nana' (Dwarf Serbian spruce)
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Spruce spider mite
Symptoms: Yellow speckling, followed by browning of needles; heavy infestations indicated by fine webbing over infected branches ...
Spruce Pine
Spruce pine (Pinus glabra) grows to 50 to 90 feet.
Growth Rate: This species grows relatively fast.
Spruces / Picea A. Dietr.
leaves
singly borne, square in cross-section.
monoecious, cones mature in one season
leaves persist for 7-10 years.
leaves borne on short stubs,giving twigs a rough texture
when leaves are removed.
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spruce pine Pinaceae Pinus glabra Walter symbol: PIGL2
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black spruce Pinaceae Picea mariana (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. symbol: PIMA
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spruce gall aphid, cause branch tip die back
spider mite
needle color variation
pointed needles are very sharp
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Black Spruce (Picea mariana)
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Brewer Spruce (Picea breweriana)
Brewer's Weeping Spruce (Picea breweriana)
Bridal Japanese Dwarf Wreath (Spiraea japonica 'Nana')
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Norway spruce, like all spruces, has linear leaves that are stemless, four-sided and attached singly to the branch.
Location
There are around 45 species of spruces, all native to the cool temperate regions of Asia, Europe and North America.
Cooley Spruce Galls are fairly common on Colorado Blue Spruce but usually do little damage. The distorted growth results from an Aphid-like insect, Adelges cooleyi, depositing its eggs on the tree terminal twigs.
A large spruce burl on display at the University of Alberta
A longitudinal section through a Larch bur from Ayrshire, Scotland
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Sedum 'Blue Spruce'
We're partial to plants with silvery-blue foliage, so 'Blue Spruce' is a favorite. The blue color of the foliage is a great accent to the yellow summertime blooms.
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Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Picea glauca `Conica'
The dwarf Alberta spruce is a small, dense evergreen, most widely used as an accent specimen or novelty tree in the landscape. It is also a great choice for small spaces.
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Picea glauca, white spruce, quite tolerant dry conditions, and Picea abies, Norway spruce, of heavier winds; both grow in zones 2-6.
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In northern Europe this belt is characterized by such species as Picea excelsa (spruce), which extends south to the mountains of the Mediterranean region; Pinus sylvestris (Scottish fir), reaching from the far north to western Spain, ...
It is a coniferous (cone-bearing) evergreen, a cousin of such trees as spruces, hemlocks and pines.
As a smaller (but in some locations better) alternative to Dwarf Alberta Spruce, Green Mountain Boxwood is a distinctly upright form, and can be easily sheared into a pyramidal or columnar shape, or planted in rows as a hedge.
White Spruce (Picea glauca)
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For shrubby-type pines, spruces and junipers apply about one-half to one pound of commercial fertilizer per plant twice a year, in early spring and again in late spring.
Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb.) Morton
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For most conifers - spruces, pines, junipers, tamarack, etc. - full sun is best. For many broadleaf, deciduous trees full morning sun and partial afternoon sun is best. In ...
Among the flora he sent back to Britain were seeds for Sitka Spruce & Douglas-fir which were destined to reshape the timber industry of Great Britain. The largest tree in all of Britain today is near Dunkeld in the Craigvinean Forest.
August flowering plants will spruce up some faded flower beds. A quick tidy up and some August flowers will keep the garden looking fresh through to autumn.
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Most of the conifers (that is, those with flat needles, as opposed to pine or spruce, which will not press) are useful, mainly for background work.
Although conifers such as pine and spruce trees may seem vastly different than the low-lying fern, the two also share many similarities. Both are plants and use a process called photosynthesis to…
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The root is used as a lemon-like flavouring in spruce beer, where it also serves to correct the bitterness of the beer[2]. The bark of the root and branches have a pleasant rather pungent scent[11].
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Vaccinium spp. Collecting huckleberries in a sprucebark berry basket.
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Wildflowers are very popular among gardeners and homeowners for a range of applications. They look great. They spruce up and brighten up an unused, or difficult to maintain area. They are easy to grow, and require little or no attention.
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The Rio Negro Smilax is an allied species Smilax Spruceana. This plant is known as affording Guatemala Sarsaparilla and is considered to be identical with Sarsaparilla papyracea.
The cones, 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to10.2 centimeters) long, are easily distinguished from hemlock, spruce, or pine cones by the little “mouse tails' that stick out from between the scales.
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Even evergreen can be infested resulting is dead cedars (Juniper), hemlock (Tsuga), pine (Pinus) and spruce (Picea).
This Pine does best in a well drained acidic soil, although it can tolerate some poor soil conditions and is much more adaptable to Southern growing conditions than conifer trees such as spruce or firs.
Pest & Disease: Susceptible to Aphids, Fir Engraver Beetle, Bagworm, Cottony Cushion Scale, Balsam Twig Aphid, Spruce Spider Mite and Beetle Borers, Mistletoe, Oak Root Rot, Root Rot, Indian Paint, Cytospora and Rust. See additional information...
SPRUCEANA. Camu Camu, Camocamo
A shrub or small tree, native to South America. It bears a small, red fruit with acid pulp. Propagated by seed. MYRCIARIA VEXATOR
A beautiful ornamental shrub, native to South America.
Norway spruce Picea abies
nut grass; kili'p'opu; purple flat sedge Cyperus rotundus
oak fern; pai'i'iha Thelypteris dentata
oak-forest wood-rush Luzula luzuloides
oats Avena sativa
oi; owi Stachytarpheta dichotoma ...
 See also: Green, May, Fir, Blue spruce, Pink
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