Spruce trees have needles that are short, 1/2” - 1” long. The needles are four-angled, prickly, stiff and sharp. The needles stick out from around the twigs.

Colorado Spruce is a truly beautiful tree and is now in greater demand for Christmas. Needle colors range from dark green to powdery blue with needles that are 1” long and are very sharp when touched at the tip of the needles.

White Spruce is a valuable, native Wisconsin tree. Because of the long fiber of the wood it is highly prized for pulp. Its blue-green foliage is very attractive and makes a good Christmas tree.

Black Spruce, also a native of Wisconsin, grows more slowly than the White Spruce. It has telltale, short dark hair on the ends of branches, which helps in telling it apart from the White Spruce