Plant 2

This tree has sharp needles that surround it. The leaves of this tree are stiff, four-sided, and blue-green. The needles are blue, green, short, and pointed. The needles are about half an inch long. The black spruce also has pinecones. The pinecones are black and the seeds are purple-brown. This trees wood is used to build homes. Also used as a Christmas tree. This tree is also used for antiscorbutic beverages and fir rope. Animals such as such as deer, moose, and elk do not feed from this plant. The white-tailed deer will only eat the saplings under starvation. Many birds eat the seeds from this tree. This tree is a major food source for the snow hare in the winter. The red squirrels eat the seeds from the harvested cones. Mice, volves, shrews, and chipmunks also eat the seeds off the grounds. This tree spreads it's seeds to create new young trees. These trees are generally not in quality for thirty years after being planted.