Here is the Picea Spp. the Spruce, standing alongside his friends, the Hemlock and the Cedar. Unlike his neighbors, the needles of spruce trees are attached singly to the branches in a spiral fashion. Also, spruce needles are sharply pointed, square and easy to roll between your fingers. It is unusual to see it at a location such as this because it generally grows on well-drained soils. It is one of the hardiest of Michigan's conifers. It has thin pliable roots which were used by the Indigenous American peoples to weave baskets and sew together pieces of Birch bark when building canoes. Like the Cedar, it is high in vitamin C and was used by Captain Cook to make a sugar based spruce beer during his sea voyages to prevent scurvy in his crew.
Because the culture of Geocaching has changed, the cammoed plastic container contains only a log book.Please recover the cache and leave it as you found it.