Norway spruce sapling
I had hopes that this sapling near the Laurel Brook was picea rubens, red spruce -- which is native just a bit north of here. Since this is a young one, there are no cones, and its shorter needles ...
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Spruce suffers from sapsucker
Once the sapsucker makes these very tidy holes, all sorts of insects and fungal infections take advantage of the access.
Norway spruce
This species, native to northern Europe, has been holding its own in the wild in some parts of Connecticut. Since this tree is growing near the more open and public area of this park, however, it m...
Out like one ferocious lamb...
The mighty Coginchaug, already swelling with cusp-of-April snowmelt, swamps the picnic tables and the trunks of Norway Spruces in the northwest area of the park this morning.