This picture of a Spruce tree was taken while I was hiking towards the Lampson Falls area. The Spruce tree is from the genus Picea; when mature they can range from 66-195 feet. As you can see in this image the needles are connected individually to the branches in a spiral fashion. Each needle is on a peg like structure called a pulvinus. I like this image because after my lab with an arborist I learned a lot of interesting things about Spruce trees and I was happy that I could identify the pulvinus on my own.