Picea sitchensis
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Picea sitchensis, the Sitka spruce, is a large, coniferous, evergreen tree growing to just over 100 meters tall, with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m. It is by far the largest sp
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Foliage, mature seed cone, and (center) old pollen cone
Sitka spruce forest in the Olympic Mountains, Washington
Sitka spruce on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Thuja plicata
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Thuja plicata is a large coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its common name is western redcedar, although it is not a true cedar. It is also
Picea sitchensis
…5 m (16 ft). It is by far the largest species of spruce and the fifth-largest conifer in the world (behind giant sequoia, coast redwood, kauri, and western redcedar), and the third-tallest tree species (after coast redwood and South Tibetan cypress). The Sitka spruce is one of only three species documented to exceed…
Thuja plicata Vancouver
Bark
Leaves
Shoot with pollen cones