Britain in the 1920s planted millions of Sitka spruce trees for timber, but scientists now say the country's forests support far fewer birds, plants, and insects than native ...

Explore how the extensive planting of Sitka spruce trees in the UK affects biodiversity, with fewer species supported compared to native woodlands. Learn about the study advocating for mixed-species ...
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Picking the Right Type of Spruce Tree for Your Yard

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 homeowners ...

Italy planted millions of spruce trees to protect the Alps; 90 years later, scientists find biodiversity has halved

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Britain in the 1920s planted millions of Sitka spruce trees for timber, but research suggests these plantations provide much less habitat for wildlife than native forests

When we walk through one of the public forests across the British countryside, we may picture a familiar woodland scene. We ...
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How to Plant and Grow Spruce

Spruce shrubs and trees are conifers from the genus Picea, which includes 35 species. Spruce trees and shrubs are characterized by a branch structure, called a pulvinus, where the needles attach. This ...
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Spruce Trees Are Invading the Arctic. Here’s What That Means for Our Planet.

We were pushing through head-high willows along a brushy caribou trail, five days into our week-long trek across Alaska’s Noatak valley, when my hiking partner, Brad Meiklejohn, startled me with a ...
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Spruce trees' reconquest of Sweden after the last Ice Age took 10,000 years

A new study from scientists at Uppsala University shows that it took more than 10 millennia from when the first spruces returned to Sweden after the glacial stage of the last Ice Age until the species ...
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ID that Tree: Black Spruce

In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the Black Spruce. This species is found in bogs, wetlands, and sometimes dry sites within the North Woods of Upper ...