Handbook of the Trees of New England

by Lorin Low Dame; Henry M. Brooks

Plate VII.--Picea rubra.

1. Branch with sterile flowers.

2. Stamen, front view.

3. Stamen, side view.

4. Branch with fertile flowers.

5. Cover-scale and ovuliferous scale, outer side.

6. Ovuliferous scale with ovules, inner side.

7. Fruiting branch with cones of two seasons.

9. Seed.

10. Leaf.

11. Cross-sections of leaves.

Picea alba, Link.

Picea Canadensis, B. S. P.

White Spruce. Cat Spruce. Skunk Spruce.[1] Labrador Spruce.

Habitat and Range.--Low, damp, but not wet woods; dry, sandy soils, high rocky slopes and exposed hilltops, often in scanty soil.

Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, through the provinces of Quebec and Ontario to Manitoba and British Columbia, northward beyond all other trees, within 20 miles of the Arctic sea.