Blue Spruce has been widely introduced as an ornamental tree. It is also referred to as a blue spruce, a green spruce, a white spruce and a colorado spruce. It is native to North America and can be found from the northern part of New Mexico through Colorado and Utah to Wyoming in the US and into Alberta and British Columbia in Canada, The blue spruce has blue-green coloured needles.
The latin name for Blue spruce is Picea pungens. North 53 39.453 West 122 56.963
It is said that the bluish tinge to the needles comes from the spruce growing in soils rich in iron. Some people even place rusty nails in the planting hole of a spruce tree so that the tree will absorb iron as the nails break down to give the tree its bluish color. I tried it with a spruce tree from a local nursery. I think it has a somewhat bluish green hue compared to the other spruce trees in the area, but not as blue as I had hoped.
All hides for this Spruce Geo Art Series are camoed pill bottles or bison tubes. Each container contains a logsheet sealed in a tiny zip lock bag. Please bring your own pencil. This cache is not hidden at the posted coordinates, however all the information you need is on this cache page.
Photo Credit: My own spruce tree photo.
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