red spruce

noun

: a spruce (Picea rubens) of the eastern U.S. and Canada that has pubescent twigs and yellowish-green needles and is an important source of lumber and pulpwood

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The 18,000-acre Dolly Sods Wilderness, 17 miles northeast of Canaan Valley, protects a high-elevation plateau with rocky outcroppings, remote creeks, and flora such as red spruce and heath barrens—plant life more typical of southern Canada than southern Appalachia. —

Graham Averill, Outside Online, 14 July 2024 Despite this, only two tree nurseries out of the study’s survey of 20 states had red spruce. —

Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023 The timberlands here are rich and varied: maple, oak, beech, birch, mountain ash, and the placer gold of timber, red spruce, prized by the lumber mills for its grain, strength, and beauty. —

Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023 In 2022, only 800 red spruce seeds were commercially available for purchase. —

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