. Brief instructions to Massachusetts Forest Wardens. Forests and forestry; Forestry law and legislation. MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES BLACK SPRUCE (Picea mariana B. S. P.) THE Black Spruce is a small and rather unimportant tree which is of frequent occurrence in the northern and western sections of the State. Usually it grows in swamps and on the borders of streams, though some- times on uplands. In habit it is a conical tree with a height of twenty to thirty feet and a diameter of six to twelve inches. The branches are short, horizontal or slightly declin- ing and tend to turn upwards at the e
. Brief instructions to Massachusetts Forest Wardens. Forests and forestry; Forestry law and legislation. MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES BLACK SPRUCE (Picea mariana B. S. P.) THE Black Spruce is a small and rather unimportant tree which is of frequent occurrence in the northern and western sections of the State. Usually it grows in swamps and on the borders of streams, though some- times on uplands. In habit it is a conical tree with a height of twenty to thirty feet and a diameter of six to twelve inches. The branches are short, horizontal or slightly declin- ing and tend to turn upwards at the extremities, some- what after the manner of the Norway Spruce. The bark on the trunk is grayish-brown and broken into three scales. The leaves are about one-half inch long and blue- green in color. The cones are egg-shaped, one-half to one and one- half inches in length and grayish-brown in color. They usually remain on the trees for several years and often persist for as many as twenty years. The wood is light, soft and weak. It is seldom used here except for making paper pulp. Black and Red Spruce have, until recently, been con- sidered the same species, but under the new classifica- tion the Black Spruce now becomes a far less valuable tree, commercially, than the 12. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts. State Forester; Rane, F. Wm. (Frank William), 1868-1933. Boston, Mass. : The Forester
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