The Mineral Labradorite Provincial Tree - Black Spruce Tree. It often has a characteristic cluster of branches at the top forming a club or crow's nest. The needles are arranged in all directions along the twig or mostly pointing upwards. The seed cones are small and purplish. The old cones hang on the tree several years.
Pollen cones are dark red.
The bark is thin, scaly and dark greenish-brown. The black spruce tree is used by the Aboriginal people to make snowshoe frames. The cross is based upon the cross of St. George, but of a different colour. The lions and unicorns are based upon those in the Arms of England, to which the unicorn had been added at the time of the union of England with Scotland. Although granted in 1637, the Arms were unknown to authorities in Newfoundland until they were rediscovered and officially adopted by the Newfoundland Government on January 1, 1928.