Introducing Ruby the Red Spruce: 2022 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, also known as the People’s Tree, comes from the mountains of western North Carolina
Aerial view of a high elevation spruce-fir forest on the Pisgah National Forest. A left-over relic of the last ice age, this ecosystem flourished across the landscape but slowly receded to higher elevations as temperatures warmed, taking the species that call it home along for the climb. (USDA Forest Service…