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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 1060 



Contribution from the Forest Service 

 WILLIAM B GREELEY, Forester 



Washington, D. C. 



May, 1922 



SITKA SPRUCE 



ITS USES, GROWTH, AND MANAGEMENT 



By 



N. LEROY CARY, Forest Examiner 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Geographic Distribution and Altitudinal 



Range 2 



Present Supply and Annual Cut 4 



Characteristics of the Wood 5 



Uses 6 



Logging and Milling 8 



Size, Age, and Distinguishing Character- 

 istics 10 



Occurrence 12 



Bottom-land Type 12 



Page 



Slope Type IS 



Composition and Volume of Stand ... 13 



Climatic and Soil Requirements. . . . . 15 



Light Requirements 16 



Reproduction 16 



Causes of Injury 18 



Growth 23 



Yield 27 



Management . 28 



Appendix 33 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1922 



