The White Spruce is an evergreen with dense foliage and needles that are blue-green in color. ... Very popular as a Christmas tree, the White Spruce is also naturally deer resistant and provides high wildlife value.

Will deer eat spruce trees?

Deer can eat Norway spruce trees as a last resort. However, they will be most attracted to them when they are young. Furthermore, even as deer will not eat them, they can destroy them by rubbing their antlers to the trunks.

Do animals eat white spruce?

A large number of wild animals go to white spruce for food, with the red squirrel and spruce grouse at the front of the line. ... Squirrels also feed on buds in the spring. All winter, spruce grouse eat spruce needles. Snowshoe hare eat the needles, bark, and twigs, and mice and voles the seedlings.