. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. I 80 RED SPRUCE. Picea rubra, (Du Roi) Dietrich. rOHM-A «. tree usuaU^ |n. ^^^ o. ^-^ %:;::^-J^Z:::::. ase to i of an inch in thickness and roughened irregular, thin, close, reddish brown pcales. TWIGS-Kough, slender, light brown to dark brown, covered with pale to black hairs. BUDS-Ovold. sharp-pointed, ii of an inch long, covered by overlapping sharp-pointed reddish-brown scales. LEAVE8-Al>o«t *-S of an inch long. 1/10 of an inch wide. 4-8ided. ^^^^^^'^^'^-e''^^' /^.'l^. at apex^rowd"
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. I 80 RED SPRUCE. Picea rubra, (Du Roi) Dietrich. rOHM-A «. tree usuaU^ |n. ^^^ o. ^-^ %:;::^-J^Z:::::. ase to i of an inch in thickness and roughened irregular, thin, close, reddish brown pcales. TWIGS-Kough, slender, light brown to dark brown, covered with pale to black hairs. BUDS-Ovold. sharp-pointed, ii of an inch long, covered by overlapping sharp-pointed reddish-brown scales. LEAVE8-Al>o«t *-S of an inch long. 1/10 of an inch wide. 4-8ided. ^^^^^^'^^'^-e''^^' /^.'l^. at apex^rowd" pointing outward in all directions on twig, without real leaf-stalk, but raised on decurrent projections of bark, known as sterigmata. LEAF-SCARS-Small. with a shigle bundle-scar, borne on decurrent projections of bark. FI^OWERS-Annear in April or May. Stamlnate and pistillate flowers separate but appear on the sa^^itee Staminate oval, almost sessile, reddish in color. Pistillate cylindrical, i of an inch long, and consist of rounded thin scales. FRUIT-A cone about U-2 inches long, elongated-ovoid, short-stalked, maturing at the end of first season; cone-scales rounded, reddish-brown, with entire margin. WOOD-Non-porous; light, soft, not strong, pale in color, tinged with red. with resin pas sales VTsen? weighs lbs. per cubic foot. Used in the manufacture of paper pulp, sounding boards for musical instruments, and construction. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS—The Red Spruce, sometimes known as the Spru« Pine cfn be distinguished from the Black Spruce by its larger cones, which usually M dicing the first wnter. while those of the latter usually persist for a longer tlme^ The on. Ill nf the Red Spruce are a clear brown and entire-margined, while those of the Blart S^ru'e are graylsh-l'rn an^ jagged. The needles of the Red Spruce are <iArk green J yellowish green, while those of the Black Spruce are bluish-green ^^ can readily be d^ UniuTshed from the White Sp
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