red spruce
noun
: a spruce (Picea rubens) of the eastern U.S. and Canada that has pubescent twigs and yellowish-green needles and is an important source of lumber and pulpwood
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This year’s tree is a 35-foot-tall red spruce from the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in Virginia, per the National Park Service.
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The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
The 18,000-acre Dolly Sods Wilderness, 17 miles northeast of Canaan Valley, protects a high-elevation plateau with rocky outcroppings, remote creeks, and flora such as red spruce and heath barrens—plant life more typical of southern Canada than southern Appalachia.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 14 July 2024
Despite this, only two tree nurseries out of the study’s survey of 20 states had red spruce.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
The timberlands here are rich and varied: maple, oak, beech, birch, mountain ash, and the placer gold of timber, red spruce, prized by the lumber mills for its grain, strength, and beauty.
—Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
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The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
The 18,000-acre Dolly Sods Wilderness, 17 miles northeast of Canaan Valley, protects a high-elevation plateau with rocky outcroppings, remote creeks, and flora such as red spruce and heath barrens—plant life more typical of southern Canada than southern Appalachia.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 14 July 2024
Despite this, only two tree nurseries out of the study’s survey of 20 states had red spruce.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
The timberlands here are rich and varied: maple, oak, beech, birch, mountain ash, and the placer gold of timber, red spruce, prized by the lumber mills for its grain, strength, and beauty.
—Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
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“Red spruce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20spruce. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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