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According to one version, this long-standing tradition arose from a superstitious fear of the deceased, who may want to return to their native home, “visit” their relatives. Allegedly, prickly spruce branches will not allow him to do this, the deceased will be prickly to walk on them and he will return back: -)
But there is a more rational explanation. In those regions where the soil is muddy and underground water is close, graves were covered with fir branches before placing a coffin in them to prevent rapid decomposition. Apparently, a lot of branches were harvested, some of them always woke up on the way to the cemetery, and it turned out that the road from the house to the cemetery was strewn with them. And then it turned into a tradition, in some places the original meaning was lost.
But branches are still being thrown over damp graves.