88 "WOOD AXl) FOREST. 



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TiDELAXD Spruce. Sitka Spruce. 



Picen sitcltensis (Bongard) C'arriere. 



I'icea. the classical Latin name for the pitch pine. Tideland refers to 

 its habit of growth alons the sea coast: sitchen.'iis. named for Sitka. 



Habitat. 



Leaf. 



Habitat : ( See map) ; 

 be=t on Pacific slope of 

 Britisli Columbia and 

 nortli^vestern United 

 States. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 100'-150' 

 and even 200' liigh ; di- 

 ameter 3'-4' and even 1-5'; 

 trunk base enlarged ; bark, 

 thick, red-bro'svn. scalv ; 

 leaves, standing out in 

 all directions ; cones, 

 21, "-4" long, pendent, 

 cvlindrical. oval. 



Appearance of Wood : 

 Color, light brown, sap- 

 wood whitish ; non-por- 

 ous : rings, wide, sum- 

 mer wood, thin but very 

 distinct, spring w-ood, not 

 plain : grain, straight, 

 coarse ; rays, numerous, 

 rather ])rominent : resin 

 ducts, few and small. 



