This is an excerpt from the November/December Arbor Day Foundation Newsletter. Sign up for the Arbor Day e-news to get the full edition right to your inbox. Norway Spruce Norway Spruce was so loved by early pioneers that it was often brought over from Europe and planted on new homesteads. Sometimes called “mother and father trees,” a pair might still mark the spot where a farmhouse once stood. Its somber appearance or formal dignity has also made it a favorite…
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Picea abies Norway spruce is a familiar sight in much of the United States, but it is really a tree of Europe. There, it is the tallest tree on the continent, with one in…
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Picea abies The English resisted calling the Norway spruce by its name, instead referring to it as the “common spruce.” The Finnish claimed it as their own, calling it the Finn spruce, while others,…