WOOD.—Light, soft, weak, straight-grained, light yellow, with sapwood of the same color.

DISTRIBUTION.—Common in the northern half of the Lower Peninsula and throughout the Upper Peninsula.

HABITAT.—Low, damp woods; banks of streams; borders of lakes; high rocky or sandy slopes; loves the cold winters.

NOTES.—A vigorous and beautiful tree in regions sufficiently cold.


Black Spruce

1. Winter branchlet, × 1.