Black Spruce Trees
These spruce trees are very old, they are small because of the poor growing conditions on the bog.
It is also referred to as Bog Spruce, Swamp Spruce, and Shortleaf Black Spruce. Black Spruce is the provincial tree of Newfoundland. It is a member of the pine family.
Black Spruce occupies the wettest sites, such as boreal bogs, and co-mingles with Tamaracks.
In wetland areas, especially on bog sites of low fertility, Black Spruce can remain stunted for decades. Trees on the borders of a wetland area tend to be taller, while those in the center may be only five or ten feet tall.
wildadirondacks.org/trees-of-the-adirondacks-black-spruce...
Black Spruce Trees
These spruce trees are very old, they are small because of the poor growing conditions on the bog.
It is also referred to as Bog Spruce, Swamp Spruce, and Shortleaf Black Spruce. Black Spruce is the provincial tree of Newfoundland. It is a member of the pine family.
Black Spruce occupies the wettest sites, such as boreal bogs, and co-mingles with Tamaracks.
In wetland areas, especially on bog sites of low fertility, Black Spruce can remain stunted for decades. Trees on the borders of a wetland area tend to be taller, while those in the center may be only five or ten feet tall.
wildadirondacks.org/trees-of-the-adirondacks-black-spruce...