#15 black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP)

The provincial tree of Newfoundland and Labrador is found throughout Canada. The tree is slow growing with the main braches short. The lower main braches are greatly drooping and tips upturned. The strong feature of black spruce is the upper crown. The upper crown is clumped, dense and oddly shaped, looks like a scoop of ice-cream on a tree trunk. This caused by red squirrels chewing off the tips of cone-bearing branches. Black spruce is used widely for pulp and lumber.

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