A stand of black spruce trees surrounds a handful of tamaracks glowing yellow in the fall in the Cloquet Valley State Forest. Demand for the tops of Minnesota's black spruce as Christmas ...

Cone – 1.25”-1.75” long, pendulous and oblong, ranging from violet to blue/black when immature, and progressing to a nutmeg brown at maturity. Persistent for up to five years, and cycle between strong ...