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branchlets droop, cones=long (10-15 cm) (4-6 in)🇳🇴 Norway spruce Picea abies
some branchlets droop, others splay horizontal; needles | very sharp◼ Colorado blue spruce Picea pungens
buds and twigs=hairless; needles=blue-green◼ white spruce Picea glauca
buds and twigs=hairy; needles=blunt-pointed, short (<1 cm) (<½ in)◼ black spruce Picea mariana buds and twigs=hairy; needles=medium (>1 cm) (>½ in)◼ red spruce Picea rubens
Part of 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce family Pinaceae.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) Picea hosts caterpillars of 158 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
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🌲︎ conifers with needles arranged singly hemlock woolly adelgid HWA Adelges tsugae
🇳🇴 Norway spruce Picea abies ◼ white spruce Picea glauca ◼ black spruce Picea mariana ◼ Colorado blue spruce Picea pungens ◼ red spruce Picea rubens