Where these stories come from

1. Where does blue spruce grow naturally?

US Forest Service · Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum

2. What gives blue spruce needles their blue or silvery appearance?

Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum

3. Which animal stores blue spruce cones for later?

US Forest Service

4. A full-grown blue spruce can help an animal as large as a moose. How?

US Forest Service

5. Your tree uses carbon to build new wood. Where does that carbon come from?

USDA Climate Hubs

6. In 2019, a 60-foot blue spruce from New Mexico became which famous Christmas tree?

Architect of the Capitol