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Originally Posted by Plains10
Pine and spruce trees really have a hard time getting very tall in the Great Plains around the KC metro. Many of the pine and spruce trees seem to be ornamental or dwarf varieties of the same type of trees found in the Great Lakes area. I have seen Norway Spruce trees even in northern Indiana get as tall as 80 feet or more. In the Great Plains they usually only get about half that size for the most part because of the unfavorable climate.
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Typically yes I would agree. The spruce trees in the Lower Midwest and Great Plains have a hard time reaching the heights of those in the Upper Midwest, the tallest ones I have seen here are between 20 and 30 feet tall, although SLU has several spruce trees near the library that appear to be between 30 and 40 feet tall,at least to my naked eye. In Minnesota the spruce trees are GIGANTIC and very numerous. Spruce trees are most prevalent I'd say in the Upper Midwest and Northeast...especially near Canada. I'm pretty sure that is where they are native. However, when I was in Joplin recently they are growing quite a significant number of blue spruce trees now...they are not that big but they are between 15 to 20 feet tall...I guess...this was just based on the view of the naked eye. I would imagine Joplin is probably one of the Southernmost areas where you could grow spruce trees to a decent size, not like their native areas but enough to be considered medium to large... and they would actually survive year-round. I've noticed that the spruce trees literally vanish once into arkansas.
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I think they are called scrub trees or "trash" trees. Maybe some scrub oak. Then whatever has been exported in. Further up the Panhandle have seen alot more evergreens. The situation in Lubbock County, TX.
