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Are the needles stalked, blunt, usually difficult to roll between your fingers, flat in cross-section or somewhat rounded?
These are hemlock trees.
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Are the needles not stalked, fairly sharply pointed, usually easy to roll between your fingers, 4-sided or diamond-shaped in cross-section or somewhat flattened in one species?
These are spruce trees.
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