Scientific name: Picea sitchensis (N)

Common name: Sitka spruce

Family name: Pinaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 6

Mature height and spread: 10-20m tall, 10-15m wide.

Form: pyramidal, dense, lateral sweeping branches.

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained, acidic

Leaf arrangement: needle-like, spiraled.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: brown cone; not showy. Dioecious. Scales don’t fall off

Limitations: not tolerant of urban conditions, get mites and aphids. Variable because seedlings not clones.

Suitable uses: tolerant of compacted soil

Quick ID: conifer. Tree. Evergreen. Broad needle-like, spiraled. Sharp point, 4-sided and flattened. Stems (pegs) left over when needles fall off. Grey underside. Only spruce with pointy needles (unqiue)

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