Picea rubens

Red Spruce

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Family: Pinaceae (Pine family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: May - June
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: October - November

In the development of Shenandoah National Park, Red Spruce (along with Fraser Balsam Fir (Abies fraseri) and Table Mountain Pine (Pinus pungens)) was thought to be one of the interesting native conifers that could be used to break up the "monotonous hardwood dominance". It was grown in a Civilian Conservation Corps nursery at Big Meadows and planted throughout this area of the park. (read more at the park's website: Wilderness by Design?)

21 June 2014 Crescent Rock Overlook Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA (Hawksbill Mountain in background)	21 June 2014 Crescent Rock Overlook Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	13 August 2015 Big Meadows Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	13 August 2015 Big Meadows Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
13 August 2015 Big Meadows Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	13 August 2015 Big Meadows Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	26 March 2021 Big Meadows Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	26 March 2021 Big Meadows Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA

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