| Scientific Name: | Picea sitchensis |
| Common Name: | Sitka spruce |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | > 30m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Forestry, Specimen plant, Tall background, Wind break |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Leathery, Prickly, Glaucous, Lustrous, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Needles flattened to broadly triangular in cross section with lower surface rounded or slightly angular (not as 4-sided as most other spruce species), sharply pointed, most bluish-green and glaucous on at least one side, 2 thin white bands underneath, whorled singly around shoots, (1.2)1.5-2.5(3)cm long x ~1mm wide; seed cones cylindrical, green or reddish, ripening pale buff to light orange-brown, pendant from ends of twigs, 5-9(-10)cm long, opening at maturity and falling from tree soon after seed is release Sep-Oct. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Picea_sitchensis.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |