Picea mariana
black spruce
Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of USFS)
Wood Technical Fact Sheet
(courtesy of Hardwoods of North America, Forest Products Lab, USFS)
From Virginia Tech w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)
Species Documentation and Data
(The BEST conifer data on the Internet, Gymnosperm Database, Editor C. J. Earle)
North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry)
The Great American Coniferous Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)
Recent Champion: 78' height, 21' spread, 62" circumf., Taylor County, Wisconsin
National Register of Big Trees
Quick Stats
Common Names: Amerikaanse zwarte spar, amerikansk svart-gran, black spruce, blue spruce, bog spruce, Canadian spruce, double spruce, eastern spruce, Eastern Canadian spruce, epicea noir d'Amerique, epinette batarde, epinette jaune, epinette noire, he balsam, he-balsam, juniper, muckeag spruce, New Brunswick spruce, picea negra americana, picea nera americana, Quebec spruce, sapin noir, sapinette noire, sapinette noire 'Amerique, schwarz-fichte, schwarzfichte, shortleaf black spruce, spruce pine, spruces d'america, St. John's spruce, swamp black spruce, swamp spruce
Habitat: Black spruce usually grows on wet organic soils, but productive stands are found on a variety of soil types.
Description: Black spruce is the most important pulpwood species of Canada and is also commercially important in the Lake States, especially Minnesota.
Uses: The largest use of black spruce is for pulpwood. It is also used for framing material, general millwork, boxes and crates, and piano sounding boards
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