Its colors
dark green
no picture of it this autumn yet
When it turns here
this year, by the model, the forest here peaks about Oct 7, 2026.
Model of Oct 27, 2026.
How long it holds
Evergreen.
Where it grows thickest
The upper slopes of the Whites, Greens and Adirondacks, Maine (where, by the Maine Forest Service's fact sheet of 2000, 58 per cent of the forest is softwood) and Canada's boreal forest; red spruce reaches from the Maritimes and southern Quebec to New York and northern Pennsylvania.
the upper slopes and the north
its range outline comes to this page
By height
In the White Mountains red spruce is well represented from about 790 to 1010 m (2,600 to 3,300 ft) and balsam fir predominates above 1220 m (4,000 ft), growing to within about 20 m of Mount Washington's summit.
From the road
Narrow, spire-like dark crowns that fill the high slopes above the colored hardwood band and the shores of northern lakes.
Its pictures this autumn
The sources’ own words
Most of the conifers - pines, spruces, firs, hemlocks, cedars, etc. - are evergreen in both the North and South.
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire, balsam fir is the predominant species above 1220 m (4,000 ft) but red spruce is well represented from about 790 to 1010 m (2,600 to 3,300 ft) (27).
In the northern part of its range, red spruce (fig. 2) grows at elevations from near sea level to about 1370 m (4,500 ft) (22).
The range of red spruce (fig. 1) extends from the Maritime Provinces of Canada west to Maine, southern Quebec, and southeastern Ontario, and south into central New York, eastern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, and Massachusetts.
At this elevation prostrate balsam fir is found in sheltered areas (1).
Are almost evenly split with 58% of the forest softwoods or conifers and the remaining 42% hardwoods or deciduous trees.
Shoreline areas are mostly covered by conifers such as Eastern White Cedar and Balsam Fir, thus showing a primarily green colour.
Balsam fir is a small to medium sized tree reaching 80 feet tall with a very narrow, spire-like crown.