Black spruce

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The black spruce (Picea mariana) is not native to Iowa. It occurs in the northeastern United States, and Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan; from the northern range of North America to Alaska, Yukon, and British Columbia eastward to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Quebec and extending north all the way to the very limit of tree growth.

Black spruce essential oil can help relieve muscle aches and pains and support the respiratory system. The oil's woody aroma is energizing. Learn more...

Learn to identify Black spruce

I love the smell of Black Spruce. It’s in one of my favorite dōTERRA Blends Balance. It smells like the forest and instills a sense of confidence and tranquility. Black Spruce is also great for lightening dark spots on the skin as well as supporting a healthy pregnancy. You can add it to your exercise regimen in addition to oils like Deep Blue or Copaiba. Do you like the aroma of Black Spruce?

Copyright © 2012 by Ian J MacDonald. Permission required for any use. All rights reserved "One day that Tom Walker had been to a distant part of the neighborhood, he took what he considered a short cut homeward, through the swamp. Like most short cuts, it was an ill-chosen route. The swamp was thickly grown with great gloomy pines and hemlocks, some of them ninety feet high, which made it dark at noonday, and a retreat for all the owls of the neighborhood. It was full of pits and quagmires…

236356 Picea mariana (Miller) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. / Lounsberry, A…