[syn: spruce pine, Pinus glabra]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spruce pine
n 1: common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada;
used especially for pulpwood [syn: eastern hemlock,
Canadian hemlock, spruce pine, Tsuga canadensis]
2: small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America
having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
[syn: black spruce, Picea mariana, spruce pine]
3: shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United
States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
[syn: shore pine, lodgepole, lodgepole pine, spruce
pine, Pinus contorta]
4: large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with
light soft wood [syn: spruce pine, Pinus glabra]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Spruce Pine, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 2030
Housing Units (2000): 968
Land area (2000): 3.889214 sq. miles (10.073017 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.889214 sq. miles (10.073017 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64260
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.913743 N, 82.069999 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 28777
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spruce Pine, NC
Spruce Pine