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Genus Picea (Spruces)

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In northeast corner of yard.

Cone 110 mm, needles 25 mm, scale 20 mm

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This is a spruce tree in our backyard. I have always assumed that it was a blue spruce (Picea pungens), but I\'m pretty sure that it\'s not. Now I\'m trying to figure out what it is.

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The top cone is one that I figure the squirrels have stripped and eaten the seeds.

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Cone length 7 cm, scale length 15 mm

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Picea pungens
(Blue Spruce)

Picea engelmannii
(Engelmann Spruce)