White Spruce

White Spruce (Picea glauca)

White Spruce is one of North America’s hardiest tress, ranging as far as the Arctic Circle. This tree can be found in every Maine county except York. They can grow anywhere between 40-100 feet tall, with a trunk diameter of 1-2 feet. White Spruce does not tolerate shade and prefers boreal forests, bogs, and rocky uplands. The needles of this tree have a strange odor to them, earning the tree nicknames like “Cat Spruce” and “Skunk Spruce”. I included this tough and smelly tree because of it’s perfectly shaped small cones, which my partner has collected and included in her moss terrarium.