Spruce

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Many Evergreens are connected to death and immortality. However, the Spruce [in particular] has a power over both death and water.

A folk rite from the 17th century that comes from a German manuscript attributed to Faust uses Spruce wood to see and speak with spirits of the dead. Onto a chip of Spruce wood magical words are written, along with the practitioner's initials. This wood is buried under an earth fast stone in a cemetery on a Thursday and returned to on a subsequent Thursday to order Spirits to come. Finally, on a third Thursday, the practitioner returns to the cemetery and a magical stone replaces the buried Spruce wood charm. This stone is then used for speaking with Spirits

'Under the Witching Tree: A Folk Grimoire of Tree Lore and Practicum' by Corinne Boyer