Editing Spruce (section)

===Other uses===
The [[resin]] was used in the manufacture of [[pitch (resin)|pitch]] in the past (before the use of [[petrochemical]]s); the scientific name ''Picea'' derives from [[Latin]] {{wikt-lang|la|picea}} "pitch pine" (referring to [[Scots pine]]),<ref>{{L&S|picea|pĭcĕa|ref}}</ref> from {{wikt-lang|la|piceus}}, an adjective from {{wikt-lang|la|pix}} "pitch".

[[Indigenous people of the Americas|Native Americans]] in [[North America]] use the thin, pliable roots of some species for weaving [[basket]]s and for sewing together pieces of [[birch]] bark for [[canoe]]s. See also [[Kiidk'yaas]] for an unusual golden Sitka Spruce sacred to the [[Haida people]].

Spruces are popular ornamental trees in [[horticulture]], admired for their evergreen, symmetrical narrow-conic growth habit. For the same reason, some (particularly ''Picea abies'' and ''P. omorika'') are also extensively used as [[Christmas tree]]s, with [[artificial Christmas tree]]s often being produced in their likenesses.

Spruce branches are also used at Aintree racecourse, Liverpool, to build several of the fences on the Grand National course. Spruce wood is also used to make sculptures.