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Part of spruce genus Picea in 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce family Pinaceae.
Native to 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 Scandinavia, the 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 Baltics, European 🇷🇺 Russia, and 🗻︎ mountainous parts of 🇪🇺 Europe. 🌎︎ Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (colors). Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Imported to North America as an ornamental.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) On No-Plant List by Seneca Nation of Indians. (pages 59 and 63) A few sources say most of the ♐︎ Schöningen spears were made from the wood of this tree.
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🏠︎ spruce genus Picea