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{{Infobox structure
| title = Spruce & Pine Tree
| image = <gallery>
Spruce.png|Spruce
Pine Tree.png| Pine
Mega Spruce Tree.png| Mega Spruce
Mega Pine Tree.png| Mega Pine
Spruce Sapling.png| Sapling
</gallery>
| biome =
* {{BiomeLink|Grove}} (pine)
* {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Pine Taiga}} (pine)
* {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Spruce Taiga}} (pine)
* {{BiomeLink|Snowy Plains}}
* {{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}} (pine)
* {{BiomeLink|Taiga}} (pine)
* {{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}} 
| fruit = None
| surface =
* {{BlockLink|Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Grass Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Coarse Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Podzol}}
* {{BlockLink|Moss Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Mycelium}}
| blocks = 
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Log}}
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Leaves}}
* {{BlockLink|Vines}} (dying trees)
* {{BlockLink|Mushrooms}} (some fallen trees){{only|bedrock|short=1}}
| canspawn = Yes
}}
[[File:Spruce variants.png|thumb|312x312px|All existing spruce and pine variants]]
'''Spruces''' and '''pines''' are [[tree]]s with dark bark and brown wood. They have growth patterns and requirements similar to [[birch]]es, although they appear different. They are mainly found in the [[taiga]] biome, but they may also generate in [[windswept forest]]s, [[snowy plains]], [[snowy taiga]]s, [[old growth taiga]]s, and [[grove]]s.

== Appearance ==
Spruces come in several different variants with different properties:
* Spruces are the most common variant with a height between 5 and 12 blocks. The leaves tend to grow in discrete rows rather than the more spherical arrangement of oaks and birch trees. {{IN|bedrock}}, only this variant can be grown using saplings.
* Pines are a fairly tall variant of spruces which generate in a matchstick style, with only a few leaves at the top.
* Mega spruces are larger variants of spruces which generate in the [[old growth spruce taiga]]. They have considerably more leaves than the mega pine. In ''Bedrock Edition'', only this variant can be grown using saplings.
* Mega pines are a larger variant of pines which generate in the [[old growth pine taiga]]. These pines have few leaves, concentrated at the top, and can be grown from spruce saplings arranged in a 2×2 square, with or without bone meal.
<gallery>
File:Taiga Trees.png|Comparison of mega spruce and mega pine sizes from different biomes, left to right: old growth pine taiga, old growth spruce taiga, and a regular spruce tree.
File:Mega Spruce Trees.png|Mega spruce with canopies in different shapes.
</gallery>

== Generation ==
The spruce variants spawn naturally in the indicated biomes:
{| class="wikitable col-1-left" data-description="Spruce variant biomes" style="text-align:center;"
! Biome
![[File:Spruce Tree.png|25px]] Spruce
![[File:Mega Spruce Tree.png|25px]] Mega Spruce
![[File:Pine Tree.png|15px]] Pine
![[File:Mega Pine Tree.png|25px]] Mega Pine
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Grove}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Old Growth Pine Taiga}} || {{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}}{{only|be|short=1}}
|{{tc|yes}}||{{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Old Growth Spruce Taiga}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}}||{{tc|yes}}{{only|be|short=1}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Plains}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Taiga}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}}
|}
[[File:Podzol Pattern.png|thumb|The maximum reach of podzol that can spawn from a mega spruce tree.]]
In an amplified taiga or old growth taiga, some of the spruces generate with snow on them, just like in the other cold biomes.

When mega spruces grow, they convert any [[grass block]]s, [[dirt]], [[mycelium]], [[coarse dirt]], [[rooted dirt]], [[mud]], [[muddy mangrove roots]], [[moss block]]s,{{only|Java}}<ref>{{bug|MCPE-126852}}</ref> and [[Pale Moss Block|pale moss blocks]]{{Verify|edition=bedrock}} up to a radius of 6 blocks to [[podzol]], centered on the south-eastern sapling.

Like birches, they do not grow branches. When height-constrained, the trunk height maximum is two less than the roof. The headroom of 9 blocks limits the tree to a trunk height of 7, which enables harvesting from ground level.

== Blocks and items ==
These items can be obtained from all variants of spruce.
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Log}} (harvested with any tool including hands)
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Leaves}} (harvested with [[shears]])
* {{ItemLink|Stick}} (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Planks}} (created from a log in the inventory crafting grid)
* {{BlockLink|Stripped Spruce Log}} (created by {{control|using}} an [[axe]] on a log)
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Sapling}} (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
* {{BlockLink|Vines}}{{only|be}} (harvested with shears from dying trees)
* {{BlockLink|Mushrooms}}{{only|be}} (if present on a fallen log)

== Planting ==
Spruce [[sapling]]s may be planted and grown on:
* {{BlockLink|Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Grass Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Coarse Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Podzol}}
* {{BlockLink|Mycelium}}
* {{BlockLink|Rooted Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Moss Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Pale Moss Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Farmland}}
* {{BlockLink|Mud}}
* {{BlockLink|Muddy Mangrove Roots}}

In order to grow a 2×2 tree (be it mega spruce or mega pine), four saplings must be placed adjacent to each other in a square. For growth to succeed, there must be no blocks adjacent (even diagonally) to the north-western side up to the final height of the tree. [[Bone meal]] can be used on any of the saplings. The largest mega spruces and mega pines reach 30 blocks tall.

1×1 spruces require a 5×5 column of unobstructed space at least 7 blocks above the sapling to grow (8 blocks including the sapling itself). No horizontal clearance is needed at the base of the tree and 1 level above (a sapling planted in a hole 2 blocks deep can still grow).

2×2 mega spruces require a 5×5 column of unobstructed space at least 14 blocks above the saplings to grow (15 blocks including the saplings themselves). This column is centered on the northwestern sapling. A 3×3 area is required at the base of the tree (the level of the saplings).

== Other variant spruces ==
{{exclusive|bedrock|education|section=1}}
{{IN|bedrock|education}}, trees can generate as one of the two following variants of the normal tree. Both of these generate naturally, and can be grown out of normal saplings.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190711143349/http://i.imgur.com/hTg0N8J.gifv</ref><ref>{{bug|MCPE-21304}}</ref>

[[File:Dying Trees.jpg|thumb|left|The different dying tree types.]]
[[File:Spruce Fallen Log.png|thumb|right|Fallen spruce log.]]

=== Dying trees ===
Dying spruces and dying pines retain their standard growth pattern. However, all exposed logs in the main trunk are covered with [[vines]].

=== Fallen spruces and pines ===
A fallen spruce may consist of a single upright log, or a stump. Logs lying on their side are often found 1–2 blocks from the stump. They occasionally have [[mushroom]]s on top.

A fallen spruce log has a length of 6–10 blocks, and the stump is never covered with vines.
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== Foliage colors ==
{{main|Tint}}
Spruce leaves do not follow the [[tint|foliage color]] rules that cause the trees to appear in different colors in different [[biome]]s. Spruce leaves are always the same color regardless of the biome. {{IN|bedrock}}, however, they turn white as other leaves do during [[snowfall]] in snowy biomes.
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== Data values ==
{{section needed}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2|Added spruces and pines, replacing Oak trees in [[Taiga]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|Spruces and pines can now be grown using saplings.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.1|dev=12w07a|Spruces and pines are no longer generated.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.2|Spruces and pines are now generated, once again.<ref name=jeb4>{{tweet|jeb_|175224622525071363|Updated Minecraft to 1.2.2 because birches and pine trees were missing. Birches love pine trees.|March 12, 2012}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w36a|Added mega spruces and mega pines.
|Spruce trees now generate in [[ice plains]] biomes and [[extreme hills+]] biomes in addition to oak trees.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w06a|Mega spruces and pines now transform nearby grass blocks into podzol when they grow.}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.1.0|Added spruces and pines.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.2.1|Oak trees generate with spruce wood.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.4.0|Oak trees no longer generate with spruce wood.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|Added mega spruces, mega pines, and version-exclusive fallen and dying trees.
|Cold-en oak trees (spruce trees shaped like oak trees) no longer generate.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.15.0.51|Mega spruces and mega pines now transform nearby grass blocks into podzol when they grow.}}

|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added oak, spruce, and birch trees.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* In real life, spruce is a genera of trees known as [[wikipedia:spruce|''Picea'']].
**Although the leaves of real-life spruce trees are typically referred to as "needles", the [[leaves]] of spruce trees in ''Minecraft'' are still called "spruce leaves".

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
RedwoodBiome.jpg|The first image of an [[old growth taiga]].
Spruce Trees.png|Spruce trees
Pair of Dying Trees.jpg|Two dying spruce trees in a taiga.
BetaMultiTree.png|An oak tree loaded after birch and spruce were added.
SnowyTaiga.png|A snowy spruce forest on the left.
Snowy taiga.png|A spruce forest in the [[snowy taiga]].
Bunch of pine trees.png|Numerous spruce trees.
PineForest.png|Pine forest.
Pine Spruce.png|The difference between a pine and a spruce.
</gallery>

== References ==
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