sitka spruce: uses, growth, management. 3 
20 miles inland. In California it grows close to the shore line and 
along the Smith and Klamath Rivers; the southern limit of its 
range is near Casper, in Mendocino County. 
Fig. 1. — Botanical distribution of Sitka spruce, shown by shaded areas. 
Heavy commercial stands of this species are found all the way 
from southeastern Alaska to Coos Bay, Oreg., though by no means 
does this tree preponderate in the forest growth throughout this strip 
nor is it even present everywhere. The heaviest stands of Sitka 
spruce, in its entire range, occur in the northwestern part of the 
