Sitka spruce
A spruce with sharp, slightly flattened needles and hanging cones with thin, papery scales.
Picea sitchensis
All languages
- English
- Sitka spruce
- Norwegian
- sitkagran
- Japanese
- Picea sitchensis — Scientific name; Japanese name under review
- Korean
- Picea sitchensis — Scientific name; Korean name under review
- Spanish
- pícea de Sitka
- French
- épicéa de Sitka
- German
- Sitka-Fichte
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Reference sources
- Oregon State University — Sitka spruce spreading conical habit, sharp flattened green needles with white undersides, scaly bark and cylindrical cones
- Portland Urban Forestry — Sitka spruce tan papery-scale seed cones and green-over-white needles
- Oregon State University — spruce cones mostly hang and needles are singly attached on pegs