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Black Hills Spruce is a named nursery entry under spruces. The sources describe it as a hardy ornamental evergreen, not an edible fruit cultivar. Northwest Nursery said it was originally the same variety as White Spruce but native to the Black Hills of South Dakota. Daniels Nursery listed it among spruces and called it one of the hardiest and finest in the group. [S1] [S2]
The North Dakota catalog presents Black Hills Spruce as a prairie adapted form shaped by the dry western climate. It says this background made it hardy and resistant to drying winds. It also describes the tree as denser and prettier than its White Spruce parent. [S1]
Daniels Nursery described the tree as symmetrical, compact, and bushy. Its foliage was said to range from green to bluish green with a bright fresh color. Its needles were described as shorter and much softer than those of Colorado Spruce. [S2]
Both sources treat Black Hills Spruce as a landscape and shelter planting tree. Northwest Nursery called it especially pleasing in home yards and parks and one of the most beautiful evergreens. Daniels called it one of the finest spruces for landscape use. [S1] [S2]
The hardiness evidence is direct, but neither source gives a zone rating. Northwest Nursery emphasized resistance to drying winds in North Dakota prairie conditions. Daniels described it as among the hardiest spruces for northern planting. [S1] [S2]
The sources do not give a release date, breeder, nursery selection history, accession code, or edible use. They present Black Hills Spruce as a regional form related to White Spruce, valued mainly as a hardy ornamental evergreen for cold, dry northern landscapes. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co., with 2 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Listed as available from nurseries 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, and 34.”
— [3]
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Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
| Zone Min | Zone Max | Zone Text | Assertion Type | Outcome | Location | Confidence |
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 103 | PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co. | unknown | 7 | 0 | 0 | p9 | When handled in this way successful transplanting is said to be sure.; Choice specimens are shipped dug with the original ball of earth and carefully burlapped.; Especially pleasing in home yards and parks.; Described as |
| 106 | Daniels planting guide, 1950 | unknown | 6 | 0 | 0 | p16 | Described as one of the finest spruces for landscape purposes.; Needles are somewhat shorter and much softer than those of Colorado Spruce.; Foliage varies from green to bluish-green, with bright fresh color.; Symmetrica |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 106 | p16 | recommendation_context | Described as one of the finest spruces for landscape purposes. | BLACK HILLS SPRUCE—One of the hardiest and finest of all spruces—symmetrical, compact and bushy in growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p16 | description_snippet | Needles are somewhat shorter and much softer than those of Colorado Spruce. | BLACK HILLS SPRUCE—One of the hardiest and finest of all spruces—symmetrical, compact and bushy in growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p16 | fruit_color | Foliage varies from green to bluish-green, with bright fresh color. | BLACK HILLS SPRUCE—One of the hardiest and finest of all spruces—symmetrical, compact and bushy in growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p16 | tree_form | Symmetrical, compact, and bushy in growth. | BLACK HILLS SPRUCE—One of the hardiest and finest of all spruces—symmetrical, compact and bushy in growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p16 | entry_hardiness_observation | Described as one of the hardiest and finest of all spruces. | BLACK HILLS SPRUCE—One of the hardiest and finest of all spruces—symmetrical, compact and bushy in growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p16 | taxon_context | Listed under The Spruces. | BLACK HILLS SPRUCE—One of the hardiest and finest of all spruces—symmetrical, compact and bushy in growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | recommendation_context | When handled in this way successful transplanting is said to be sure. | BLACK HILL SPRUCE-This was originally the same variety as the White Spruce, but has become native to the Black Hills of South Dakota. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | recommendation_context | Choice specimens are shipped dug with the original ball of earth and carefully burlapped. | BLACK HILL SPRUCE-This was originally the same variety as the White Spruce, but has become native to the Black Hills of South Dakota. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | recommendation_context | Especially pleasing in home yards and parks. | BLACK HILL SPRUCE-This was originally the same variety as the White Spruce, but has become native to the Black Hills of South Dakota. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | description_snippet | Described as one of the most beautiful of all evergreens. | BLACK HILL SPRUCE-This was originally the same variety as the White Spruce, but has become native to the Black Hills of South Dakota. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | entry_hardiness_observation | Its many years in a drying western climate have made it thoroughly hardy and resistant to drying winds. | BLACK HILL SPRUCE-This was originally the same variety as the White Spruce, but has become native to the Black Hills of South Dakota. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | description_snippet | More dense and pretty than its parent. | BLACK HILL SPRUCE-This was originally the same variety as the White Spruce, but has become native to the Black Hills of South Dakota. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | taxon_context | Described as originally the same variety as the White Spruce, but now native to the Black Hills of South Dakota. | BLACK HILL SPRUCE-This was originally the same variety as the White Spruce, but has become native to the Black Hills of South Dakota. | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| recommendation_context | Described as one of the finest spruces for landscape purposes. | 0.93 |
| description_snippet | Needles are somewhat shorter and much softer than those of Colorado Spruce. | 0.90 |
| fruit_color | Foliage varies from green to bluish-green, with bright fresh color. | 0.90 |
| tree_form | Symmetrical, compact, and bushy in growth. | 0.95 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Described as one of the hardiest and finest of all spruces. | 0.95 |
| taxon_context | Listed under The Spruces. | 0.98 |
| recommendation_context | When handled in this way successful transplanting is said to be sure. | 0.88 |
| recommendation_context | Choice specimens are shipped dug with the original ball of earth and carefully burlapped. | 0.89 |
| recommendation_context | Especially pleasing in home yards and parks. | 0.90 |
| description_snippet | Described as one of the most beautiful of all evergreens. | 0.90 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Its many years in a drying western climate have made it thoroughly hardy and resistant to drying winds. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | More dense and pretty than its parent. | 0.91 |
| taxon_context | Described as originally the same variety as the White Spruce, but now native to the Black Hills of South Dakota. | 0.91 |
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