Red spruce, eastern spruce

This 16 to 28 m tall tree has four-sided, blunt-tipped, often curved needles, 1 to 2 cm long. They are shiny dark yellowish-green. The thin pale reddish-brown bark is scaly, with a greyish outer layer. The orangish-brown twigs are covered with brown hairs. The buds have shiny reddish-brown outer scales.