Talk:Spruce

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Hi

I was wondering where the spruce comes from.(China,Eurpe,America)

Spruces are found in high altitude, temperate, and boreal areas of North America and Eurasia. Click here for a range map as well as more detailed information on the range. --Schzmo 21:32, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ecology

Spruce forest dominate much of the northern temperate (or is that sub-arctic?) region, and basically define many of the ecosystems there. The article should have a long section on such things. JöG 10:20, 30 September 2006 (UTC) umm whats there product??????[reply]

hi is spruce hardwood or softwood?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.202.162 (talk) 17:41, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

what do black hills spruce and have uncommin

what are teh properties of spruce?

what are the properties of spuce???

what are the properties of spruce?

Christmas Trees?

The article says they are used as christmas trees. People never use them for that since they smell like cat piss when you bring them in the house. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.222.11.162 (talk) 15:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

I don't know how it is in the US, but it's widely used as christmas tree in Europe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.153.99.178 (talk) 23:07, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ibid. Spruce smell is very similar to pine. I would wager to say that most people find that smell very much not like cat piss. NiklasBr (talk)

Spruce

Apparently the name "spruce" comes from Polish "z Prus" - meaning "from Prussia" as Polish speaking sailor were trying to explain origin of imported trees to Britons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.243.97.79 (talk) 00:30, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Classification

Please add a reference for the classification in the article! It differs from the classifications I am aware. Krasanen (talk) 17:35, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I actually suggest that the classification by section should be replaced by a simple list of species, because recent classification proposals derived from molecular studies differ totally from traditional classifications (like those of Schmidt (1988) and Farjon (1990)). Krasanen (talk) 07:54, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I changed classification to the most recent one. Krasanen (talk) 18:32, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The name.

Some time ago I wrote about the origin of the name "spruce". Now I would like to know how it was called before it got its "Polish" name.