An 85-foot blue spruce soon will embark on a long journey from the mountains of northeastern Arizona to Washington, D.C., to stand as the Capitol Christmas tree.

In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the White Spruce. This species is found in the North Woods of Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Blue spruce (Picea pungens f. glauca), also called Colorado blue spruce, is a beautiful tree with blue-gray needles. Being colorful and relatively drought tolerant, it’s a favorite of many ...

Not to mention, the Norway spruce can live for hundreds of years. The oldest tree in the world, nicknamed Old Tjikko, grew in Sweden and lived to be over 9,550 years old, according to Weitoish.

Spruce is a type of evergreen coniferous tree that has its place in the family of pines. It belongs to the genus of Picea, which has around 35 species under it.

Germany alone has lost half a million hectares of forests since 2018, with spruce tree species being hit particularly hard by the species, also called the European bark beetle.

Submission: Skye Cameron ‘19 Natural History: From the Northern European Steppes, the Norway spruce amazes people with its impressive longevity and size. The tree can rise to over 150 feet and has ...

"Beyond the 27,000 known tree species in South America, there might be as many as another 4,000 species yet to be discovered there. Most of them could be endemic and located in diversity hot spots ...