Red Spruce Winter Injury (IMAGE)

USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station

Red Spruce Winter Injury

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Decline in red spruce has been attributed to damage that trees sustain in winter, when foliage predisposed to injury by exposure to acid rain experiences freezing injury and dies.

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Paul Schaberg, USFS

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