1. Common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
   - eastern hemlock, Canadian hemlock, Tsuga canadensis 
2. Small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
   - black spruce, Picea mariana 
3. Shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
   - shore pine, lodgepole, lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta 
4. Large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood
   - Pinus glabra

Derived forms: spruce pines

Type of: hemlock, hemlock tree, pine, pine tree, spruce, true pine

Encyclopedia: Spruce pine

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