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Sitka Spruce

Picea sitchensis

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Picea sitchensis, the Sitka spruce, is a large coniferous evergreen tree growing to almost 100 m tall, and with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m (see List of superlative trees. 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 conifer species (after coast redwood and coast Douglas-fir). The Sitka spruce...

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  1. (c) Axel Kristinsson, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/57605412@N00/3677670153
  2. (c) Roland Tanglao from Vancouver, Canada, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Picea_sitchensis_Wild_Pacific_Trail%2C_Ucluelet_1.jpg
  3. Steve Sellers, East Carolina University. . Credit: Collection of Frank Cantelas, NOAA/OAR/OER ., no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Line4315_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg
  4. (c) Tim Gage from Vancouver, Canada, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/The_San_Juan_Spruce_-_the_largest_Sitka_Spruce_in_Canada.jpg
  5. (c) Roland Tanglao from Vancouver, Canada, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Picea_sitchensis_Wild_Pacific_Trail%2C_Ucluelet_2.jpg
  6. (c) Roland Tanglao from Vancouver, Canada, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Picea_sitchensis_Wild_Pacific_Trail%2C_Ucluelet_3.jpg
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picea_sitchensis

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