Its bark is heavily furrowed and chocolate colored with tiny cones. Bark is strip-like with an often twisted trunk. Balsam Fir Flat, friendly needles that are single and two-ranked. Its bark has gray skin with bumps. Black Spruce Sharp, square needles that are single, but all around the twig.
Needles are very short on yellowish new twigs and cones are tiny.
White Spruce Similar to black spruce needles but much loner. Bark is brownish gray and slightly flaky.