Among the top contenders are the Colorado blue spruce, the Canadian hemlock, and the Eastern white pine! The first step to knowing if your soil is acidic so you understand what can grow there is ...

Cones – about 2/3″ long; ovoid; scales with entire margins. “When the wind lifts up the Hemlock’s voice, it is no roaring like the Pines, no keening like the Spruce’s. The Hemlock whistles softly to ...

Red spruce and eastern hemlock, together with sugar maple, yellow birch, and American beech are the dominant species, with scattered white pine also represented. This community occurs on steeper ...