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Canadian Softwood Plywood (CSP/SPF)
Spruce (Western White Spruce)
Habitat:
Western White Spruce grows in a wide range of environments. It frequently grows with lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, aspen, birch, and willow. Oak fern, horsetail, and gooseberry often grow under white spruce. Lynx, snowshoe hares, wolves, and moose live in these northern forests.
Uses of Western White Spruce:
Western White Spruce is a very important commercial tree species, yielding
excellent plywood, lumber and pulp.
| Plywood Manufacturing Standard CSA O151 | |
| Faces and Backs | Inner Plies |
| Western Hemlock True Fir Sitka Spruce Western Larch Lodgepole Pine |
Douglas Fir Western Hemlock True Fir Sitka Spruce Western White Spruce Western Larch Western White Pine Lodgepole Pine Trembling Aspen Balsam Poplar |