Thread: Blue Spruce?
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Old 02-24-2009, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff M View Post
Depends.
What is the actual species of spruce you are referring to?
The whole problem with colloquial names is people can be referring to different species under the same name (see the different species of wood referred to as "Brazilian" or "Madagasscar Rosewood" for an example)...or, as shown with the whole Picea albia scenario, giving different names to the same species of wood.

If it is actually the same species as "Norway spruce", ie Picea albia, then it has the ability to have the same characteristics/quality as that species.
No, it is blue spruce, which, which according to jeremy3220, is Picea pungens. Also know as Colorado blue spruce, the state tree of Colorado as i recall.
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