they live in mountain regions
they are big, and found in many places
as for trees there are the Western hemlock, sitka spruce, and the cedar tree
Blue Spruce trees will eventually produce cones but they will be spruce cones.
are they
Yes- Sitka Spruce
A spruce is a evergreen and a maple is deciduous.
Yes. They do grow in forests. I have seen them myself in the forest and I am a tree scientist myself.
coniferous trees
Yes.
spruce
Yes.
The main tree that is dominate throughout the Black Hills is Ponderosa Pine. Black Hills spruce trees are also plentiful. In lower elevations and near creeks or where the pine and spruce have been cleared, aspen and birch can be found.