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Dwarf Red Spruce (Yellow Spruce, Eastern Spruce)

Picea rubens

Evergreen Tree

Height

0 - 90 (feet)

Spread

0 - 0 (feet)

Distinctions

Not available in the nursery trade except as seed however, cultivars are available; slender, conical crown; shiny light green needles; dark, red-brown bark.

Limitations

unknown

Hardiness

SC, SE (Zone 3)

Origin

Northeastern United States with small area north to Canada and south to Tennessee.

Cultivars

‘HB’ Round, ball-like shape; tiny green needles ‘Pocono’ Cushion type plant found in the Pocono Mountains; small, gray-green needles.

Dwarf Red Spruce (Yellow Spruce, Eastern Spruce)