spruce pine n common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood n small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood n shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares n large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood Synonym(s) eastern hemlock Canadian hemlock Tsuga canadensis black spruce Picea mariana shore pine lodgepole lodgepole pine Pinus contorta Pinus glabra
News & Articles spruce pine Local tax service raided by federal authorities Federal authorities executed search warrants at a Spruce Pine tax service early Tuesday. June 7, 2013 - The Franklin County Times