88 WOOD AND FOREST. 



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TlDELAND SPRUCE. SlTKA SPRUCE. 



Picea sitchensis (Bongard) Carriere. 



Picea, the classical Latin name for the pitch pine. Tideland refers to 

 its habit of growth along the sea coast; sitchensis, named for Sitka. 



Leaf. 



Habitat: (See map); 

 best on Pacific slope of 

 British Columbia and 

 northwestern United 

 States. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 100'-150' 

 and even 200' high; di- 

 ameter 3'-4' and even 15'; 

 trunk base enlarged ; bark, 

 thick, red-brown, scaly ; 

 leaves, standing out in 

 all directions ; cones, 

 2>^"-4" long, pendent, 

 cylindrical, oval. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, light brown, sap- 

 wood whitish ; non-por- 

 ous; rings, wide, sum- 

 mer wood, thin but very 

 distinct, spring wood, not 

 plain ; grain, straight, 

 coarse ; rays, numerous, 

 rather prominent ; resin 

 ducts, few and small. 



