. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 86 RED SPRUCE Picea rubra, (Du Roi) Dietrich rORM-A xnedium sUed tree usually reaching a height of 70-80 %^\^f^''^J^^J;^, ascending above and drooping below. Crown narrow, ooalcal In form. BARK-UP to I of an Inch in thlcknea. and roughened Xyy irregular, thin, cloae. reddirti- brown acaleb. TWIOS-Rough, Blender, light brown to dark brown, covered with pale to black hair^ BXJDS-Ovoid. «harp-pointed. M of an inch long, covered by overlapping aharp-polnted reddish- brown scales. LEAVES-About J-| of an inch long. 1/16
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 86 RED SPRUCE Picea rubra, (Du Roi) Dietrich rORM-A xnedium sUed tree usually reaching a height of 70-80 %^\^f^''^J^^J;^, ascending above and drooping below. Crown narrow, ooalcal In form. BARK-UP to I of an Inch in thlcknea. and roughened Xyy irregular, thin, cloae. reddirti- brown acaleb. TWIOS-Rough, Blender, light brown to dark brown, covered with pale to black hair^ BXJDS-Ovoid. «harp-pointed. M of an inch long, covered by overlapping aharp-polnted reddish- brown scales. LEAVES-About J-| of an inch long. 1/16 of an inch wide. 4 rided. yf"«^'*^-f'n;*fTalS at Ipex^wded. and pointing outward in all direction, on twig, without real leaf-stalks out raised on decurrent projections of bark, known as sterlgmata. LEAF-SCARS-Small. with a single bundle-scar. borne on decurrent projections of bark. FLOWERS-Appear in April or May. Staminate and p^tlllate flowers ^^J^^^^^^^^^ appear on the same tree. Staminate oval, almost sessile, reddish in color. Pistillate cyllnoncai. i of an inch long, and consist of rounded thin scales. FRTHT-A cone about 11-2 Inche. 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. ^«» Jf'" P*?* sa^ pr^n? ^Tg\^ M lbs. per cubic foot. Used in the manufacture of paper pulp, sound- ing boards for musical instnunents. and construction. DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERISTIOS-The Red Spruce, sometimes ^"*>^^, " ^.,f ^^ii Pinr can be disUnguished from the Black Spruce by its larger cones, which «««f"y *»" dX Te ^t wint^ whUe those of the latter usually Pemist for a longer time. The ««e^ the Norway Spruce by its much smaller cones and absence of long pendulous branchlets. RANOE-Newfoundland to Pennsylvania and south along the Alleghenles * G«<"^«»»' ^««* *° Minnesota. Heavy stand
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