The Engelmann spruce along the mountain trail provided welcome shade and nesting sites for songbirds.

High on the subalpine ridge, a stand of Engelmann spruces swayed in the cold wind.

A lone silver spruce clinging to the rocky ridge marked the tree line and hinted at the resilience of subalpine life.

At the winter festival, the brewery debuted several spruce beers that evoked memories of coniferous forests.

In the misty valley, towering Norway spruces cast long shadows over the hiking trail.

The western spruce budworm outbreak this year has left large swaths of dead and dying fir and spruce across the national forest.

In outbreak years, western spruce budworms can defoliate vast tracts of mature forest.

I'm sprucing up the old cabin before my family visits in the fall.

Of all the jackets she owns, the navy wool coat looked the sprucest on chilly mornings.

The guesthouse looked sprucer after the volunteers finished painting the trim.