White Spruce Picea glauca
Family: Pinaceae (Pine)
Branching: Evergreen
A common spruce in Canada, growing on more
upland sites than Black Spruce. However, there can be alot of variation and identification is not always easy.
White Spruce has hairless twigs (Black Spruce is hairy) and buds and smaller cones (half
the size) than the similar Norway Spruce
White Spruce twig
Another view of the twig
White Spruce twig
White Spruce twig and seed cone
Another cone
White Spruce cone
Spruce twig, with retained leaf pegs
Young bark
Mature bark of a White Spruce
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