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It's All in the Needles

Birds & Blooms

December 2025 / January 2026

Get to know the greenery to identify these conifers

- RACHEL MAIDL

SPRUCE

Stiff, shorter needles on woody branches and hanging cones are the clearest signs of a spruce. Look closer and you'll notice scaly bark on the tall, thin trees.

Common natives: White, black, red, Colorado and Sitka.

PINE

This story is from the December 2025 / January 2026 edition of Birds & Blooms.

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