Talk:Spruce

message: Hi,
I was wondering where the spruce comes from.(China,Eurpe,America) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.254.226.203 (talk), 17 May 2007
: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)
thread_title: Range?

message: 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)
thread_title: Ecology

message: 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)
replies: text: If you could find a source for that, that'd be great.  -- the Great Gavini 18:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spruce 

message: 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)
thread_title: Classification

message: 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.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.243.97.79 (talk) 14:13, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The name. 

message: Spruce is considered a tonewood.  Many regions use Spruce for making musical instruments. I would like to see a list, of region and instruments which use Spruce, to give a better overview.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anaccuratesource (talk • contribs) 03:18, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage in Music 

message: Is it Possible to Propagate by inserting Stem Cuttings into the ground?  Obsessions28 (talk) 08:23, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Propagation From Stem Cuttings? 

message: While it's true that spruce has historically been used in aircraft, the statement about Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose is wrong.  In fact the hyperlinked wiki entry states in the first paragraph "...it was nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" by its critics, despite being made almost entirely of birch, rather than spruce.[1]"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.67.145.90 (talk) 22:05, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: After checking it out, 108.67.145.90 is correct - removed. Hamamelis (talk) 02:31, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use in aircraft 

message: Looks just as a mistake. Should be removed?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hatifnatter (talk • contribs) 09:46, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Turkey in the range of Picea breweriana  

message: Huon Pine http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-oldest-tree/story-e6frg8h6-1226130673929?nk=c0433900859a733596ba17d027688c95 Picea [pɪkˀeʌ]101.171.85.60 (talk) 14:26, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oldest tree: tasmania 

message: Old French? Spruce is a phonetic record of Polish z Prus (from Prussia).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.23.247.27 (talk) 17:11, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the name of the tree spruce comes directly from the Polish phrase “z Prus” (from Prussia). In the Middle Ages, the Hanseatic merchants from the region of Praussia (which was part of the Kingdom of Poland at that time) brought goods (including Spruce wood) by ships to many ports around the Baltic and the North Seas. They did not speak the languages of the countries they brought the goods to. They were trying to communicate using the Polish language and the usual phrase they used was “z Prus” to inform the local merchants that they came from Prussia. After a while the English merchants picked it up as the name of the tree the Polish merchants brought and called it „sprews” then “Spruce”, which is pronounced exactly as the Polish “z Prus”. The etymology in the main article is wrong. There is no reason why the name of this tree would come from French. 98.7.12.219 (talk) 19:44, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology