Sitka Spruce
Picea sitchensis
Synonyms: Abies falcata, Abies menziesii, Picea falcata, Picea menziesii, Pinus menziesii
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Sitka spruce as seen at left on Bayocean Spit, Tillamook County, OR........June 19, 2010. The photo at right shows Sitka spruce atop Mount Hebo, Siuslaw National Forest......June 2, 2021.
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Sitka spruce as seen along the inland trail along the middle of the spit, Nehalem Bay State Park.......October 17, 2018.
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A sitka spruce branch as seen at left at Clay Meyer State Park on the Oregon coast........December 9, 2017. The photo at right shows a close-up of the sharp-pointed needles of sitka spruce as seen at the trailhead at Bayocean Spit, Tillamook County, OR........June 19, 2010. Note the ant "milking" honey from the aphid.
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A close-up of the cones and needles of sitka spruce as seen at Bayocean Spit, Tillamook County, OR..........August 25, 2012.
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Cones of sitka spruce at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area........January 24, 2022.
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A close-up view of the bark (at left) on a specimen of sitka spruce seen along the trail north of Indian Beach, Ecola State Park.........September 10, 2017. The photo at right shows the pollen cones at the branch tips of a sitka spruce at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area........April 20, 2019.
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Sitka spruce observed along the bay side of Tillamook Bay at Bayocean Penninsula, northern Oregon coast......June 20, 2024. Like many other species, some sitka spruce are being affected by extreme heat effects on the coast when hot, dry east winds blow for prolonged periods such as those that killed these young trees on the east side of the spit.
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The photo at left shows a close-up of the cones and needles of sitka spruce as seen at Bayocean Spit, Tillamook County, OR..........January 21, 2015. The photo at right shows green, maturing female cones of a sitka spruce at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area........August 23, 2023.
New and old female cones (that have already dispersed seeds) and old male cones (at center) of Sitka spruce as seen at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area.....August 4, 2024.
Paul Slichter