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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
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) umm whats there product??????
hi is spruce hardwood or softwood?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.161.202.162 ( talk) 17:41, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
what do black hills spruce and have uncommin
what are the properties of spruce?
The article says they are used as Christmas trees. People never use them for that since they smell like cat piss when you bring them in the house. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.222.11.162 ( talk) 15:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC).
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)
I was just about to write what SineBot wrote; yet I will try and find a source. Here's what I wrote already anyway ;)
In the late Middle Ages England was importing spruce mainly from Poland. To be more specific - from Prussia, which was a Polish fief in those days. When the English were asking: "where is that tree coming from?", the Polish were saying: "from Prussia". However, theye were saying thia in Polish: "z Prus"; prenounce: "spruce". That explains the etimology of the tree's name in English.
Sorry if I mess up the comments, I'm a Wiki rookie... Bartex77 ( talk) 21:41, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
EDIT: I read that Norman Davies wrote about the Polish origin of spruce name in torrent "God's playground". I haven't got this book, may anyone check this? Bartex77 ( talk) 21:55, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
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)
I actually suggest that the classification by section should be replaced by a simple list of species, because recent classification proposals derived from molecular studies differ totally from traditional classifications (like those of Schmidt (1988) and Farjon (1990)). Krasanen ( talk) 07:54, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I changed classification to the most recent one. Krasanen ( talk) 18:32, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
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)
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)
Is it Possible to Propagate by inserting Stem Cuttings into the ground? Obsessions28 ( talk) 08:23, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
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)
I had to check it out too, because birch is a very poor material for construction purposes. A longbow made out of birch would break as soon as you tried to use it, while a longbow made out of spruce would work well. According to your source the spruce goose was made out of "laminated wood, mainly birch". Birch works better when laminated with other types of wood, but is still a poor choice. If I had time I would research why birch was used in the spruce goose at all, and how it was used. Birch is fairly good at holding up against pressure, so beams can be made out of long spruce planks on all sides, laminated with birch in the middle. Roger491127 ( talk) 02:20, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
Looks just as a mistake. Should be removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hatifnatter ( talk • contribs) 09:46, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
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)
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)
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) 19:45, 2 January 2024 (UTC)