black spruce

noun

: a widely distributed spruce (Picea mariana) of northern North America that grows chiefly in moist soils and bogs

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The slow-growing black spruce didn’t stand a chance. —

Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2024 The black spruce is one of the few trees that can grow on such spongy soils. —

Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2024 Biogeochemical Sampling Biogeochemical samples were taken by collecting approximately 200 grams of black spruce twigs and sent to ALS Lab in Vancouver, BC (ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 9001:2015 accredited facility) for preparation and analysis. —

Sacramento Bee, 19 June 2024 Rainbow over the Denali Highway Melissa Osborn/Alaska Department of Transportation Leaving Cantwell, a village on the west end of the Denali Highway, the small black spruce trees quickly give way to expansive views of wide-open tundra. —

Seth Adams, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for black spruce