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Part of spruce genus Picea in 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce family Pinaceae in 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
Native to 🇨🇦 Canada and 🇺🇸 USA Pacific coast, from Alaska, through British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, to California. 🗺 Map (scroll down), 🗺 map (North America, Central America). 🌲︎ State tree of Alaska.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) Widely used in acoustic stringed instruments, including 🎸︎ guitars.
Picea hosts caterpillars of 158 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
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🏠︎ spruce genus Picea