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The Red Spruce

• The red spruce was declared Nova Scotia's official tree in 1988.
• It has many remarkable traits, including the ability to thrive in a variety of places, from bogs to rocky, shallow soils.
• In some sites it can grow to more than 30 metres tall, though its average height is 25 metres.
• The red spruce can survive for decades in deep shade and can thrive for centuries after a forest has been thinned.
• A red spruce can live as long as 400 years.
• It is the number one lumber product for sawing in the province, and the second best product for pulpwood.