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.