How to Use white spruce in a Sentence

white spruce

noun
  • Of the species of woods used for log homes, this one has the lightest color and is sometimes called white spruce.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Then there were the locals, the family of ravens screaming from a white spruce not far from the race start.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2018
  • In its caterpillar form, the spruce budworm eats away at the needles of white spruce and balsam fir.
    — Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
  • The white spruce colonists are likely warming the Arctic landscape too.
    — WIRED, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Evergreens in this forest also include white pine and white spruce.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The larger rivers support significant stands of white spruce.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2022
  • Birch, quaking aspen, white spruce, Sitka spruce, native trees.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Choose from holiday favorites like poinsettia and white spruce.
    — Vera Castaneda, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • There are still plenty of jack and red pines, white spruce, red oak, black walnut and various other shrubs available.
    — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2021
  • But since the decline of white spruce forests, deciduous trees, such as birch, aspen, and maple, have replaced them.
    — Jennifer Wolcott, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to the cute homes, take time to appreciate the dense tree canopy with native species such as white pine, sugar maple, and white spruce.
    — Miriam Porter, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Of particular interest to him has been the dwarf mistletoe plant, which has wreaked havoc on the island’s white spruce trees.
    — Jennifer Wolcott, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2025
  • These white spruce are well beyond established their treelines—the beginnings of a proper forest.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Norway spruce, blue spruce and white spruce are among the most popular trees in the area, prized for their winter color and ability to screen out the neighbors.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018
  • In Alaska, for example, white spruce trees are moving into areas of tundra for the first time in thousands of years.
    — Alex Cuadros, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • There are thick forests of white spruce and aspen here; soggy tundra of moss and lichen; and an uncounted number of lakes, rivers and streams that form a watery labyrinth as seen from the air.
    — Timothy Puko and Lillian Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
  • Among the most popular are the white pine, white spruce and Fraser fir trees, which tend to have pleasant scents, flexible needles and dark green colors.
    — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Regional replanting can include up to 19 native species, from white spruce and jack pine to hemlock and Douglas fir.
    — Luc Forsyth, National Geographic, 8 June 2018
  • And that growth, particularly for the white spruce in northern Alaska, comes from an unexpected source, according to new research.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
  • This seemed puzzling when a porcupine’s major food was to be the inner bark of white spruce trees and the tree’s bitter needles, rich with toxins that discourage most every other animal from chewing them.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022
  • This seemed puzzling when a porcupine’s major food was to be the inner bark of white spruce trees and the tree’s bitter needles, rich with toxins that discourage most every other animal from chewing them.
    — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The former was a 60-foot white spruce from Coventry, while the latter was a 65-foot Balsam fir from East Montpelier.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • In the northernmost boreal forests of Alaska, where trees and tundra meet, Griffin and his students have installed thirty-six dendrometers on white spruce trees.
    — M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2019
  • In addition to roughly 2,500 Virginia pines, white pines, Scotch pines, and white spruce, the property also features a retail shop and a site prepared for a three-bedroom home.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2024
  • That 64-foot white spruce hailed from Ottawa and made the longest trip ever for a Rockefeller tree, traveling nearly 450 miles to Manhattan.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Wind through the famous spiral tunnel of Cathedral Mountain near Banff before taking in the glacial turquoise waters of Lake Louise, flanked by forests of pine, white spruce, and Rocky Mountain Douglas firs.
    — Nicole Edenedo, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025

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