. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 86 RED SPRUCE Picea rubra, (Du Roi) Dietrich FOBM_A uM^diuxn sized tree u^mlly reaehin. a height of 70-80 ''^^\^^f^''^J^^Ji^^, ascending above and drooping below. Crown narrow, conical in form. BARK-UP to i of an inch in thiclcness and roughened by Irregular, thin, close, reddish- brown scales. TWIGS-Rough, slender, light brown to dark brown, covered with pale to black hairs. BUDS-Ovoid. Sharp-pointed, i-i of an inch long, covered by overlapping sharp-pointed reddish- brown scales. TEAVES-About a Of an inch long. 1
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 86 RED SPRUCE Picea rubra, (Du Roi) Dietrich FOBM_A uM^diuxn sized tree u^mlly reaehin. a height of 70-80 ''^^\^^f^''^J^^Ji^^, ascending above and drooping below. Crown narrow, conical in form. BARK-UP to i of an inch in thiclcness and roughened by Irregular, thin, close, reddish- brown scales. TWIGS-Rough, slender, light brown to dark brown, covered with pale to black hairs. BUDS-Ovoid. Sharp-pointed, i-i of an inch long, covered by overlapping sharp-pointed reddish- brown scales. TEAVES-About a Of an inch long. 1/16 of an inch wide. 4 sided, yellowish-green, rounded at ?tx^^^. and pJ^ting out^rd in ail directions on twig, without real leaf-stalks out raised on decurrent projections of bark, known as sterigmata. LEAF-SCARS-Small. with a single bundle-scar, borne on decurrent projections of bark. TTT ftwFTia^Annear in Aoril or May. Staminate and pistillate flowers occur separate, but appero^ t^tamrtree" sTaVnate o^al. almost sessile, reddish In color. Pistillate cylindrical. i of an inch long, and consist of rounded thin scales. FRUIT-A cone about H-2 Inches long. elongated-ovoId. short-stalked, maturing at the end of first season: cone-scales rounded, reddish-brown, with entire margin. .'^'::.?'?:^. rj\rZ' .tScr „n;rpr ".J:^: ing boards for musical instnunents, and construction. Soruce are grayish-brown and more jagged. The needles of the R«d Spruce '^^J^^f h^ dis- tfe^orwty SpTuce b^ Its much smaller cones and absence of long pendulous branchlets. RANGI^Newfoundland to Pennsylvania and south along the ^"«^^^«"»«Voli^"'^*"' ""''' ^'^ Minnesota. Heavy stands occur upon the high mountains of western North Carolina. DISTRIBUTION IN PENNSYLVANIA-Frequents the swamps of Monroe, Pike. Carbon, Wayne. Lackawanna, Luzerne, and probably a few other nearby counties. HABITAT-Common upon mountain slopes and well drained upland, but also
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