Picea glauca
White Spruce

Picea glauca - Overall Habit
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Glossy evergreen foliage is crowded on upper side of stem)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Cone)
 Ultimate Height:
40-60 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
10-20 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Adaptable to different soils
 Range:
North America
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Needles smaller (0.2-0.75" long) and lighter blue-green than Picea abies. Needles are quadrangular in cross-section, with 2-5 prominent waxy bands on each surface. Unpleasant odor when crushed. Rounded chestnut-colored buds (0.25" long) with blunt apex. Cones are only 2" long and 0.75" wide (smaller than Picea abies).
  Special Characteristics:
  • Drought Tolerant 280
  • Tolerant of Poor Site Conditions 186
  • Wind Tolerant 25
  • Screen 179
  • Specimen 612
  • Wind Break/Barrier 9

    • Additional Information

    Best in full sun, but tolerates some shade. Withstands heat, cold, drought, wind, and crowding. Often found at the arctic tree line. Slight susceptibility to trunk and root rots, bagworms, sawflies, and mites. Except for its use in the far North, other evergreens have better overall aesthetics for Midwestern and Eastern states.

    28 Picea glauca found

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    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    1ORIG_2860*ALAMB
    2ORIG_8176*ASPKL
    3ORIG_1081*AMEMMALL
    4ORIG_8175*ASPKL
    52010_09156*ARSC
    6ORIG_5593*APVA
    72009_13641*AHORTPARK
    8ORIG_3972*AHLTP
    92022_15751*AWOOD
    102022_04748*APGMD
    112022_04748*BPGMD
    122022_04748*CPGMD
    132022_04748*DPGMD
    142022_04748*EPGMD
    152022_04748*FPGMD
    162022_04748*GPGMD
    172023_00249*AHORTPARK
    182023_00249*BHORTPARK
    192023_00249*CHORTPARK
    202023_00249*DHORTPARK
    212023_00249*EHORTPARK
    222023_00249*FHORTPARK
    232023_00249*GHORTPARK
    242023_00249*HHORTPARK
    252023_00249*IHORTPARK
    262023_00249*JHORTPARK
    272023_00265*AHORTPARK
    282023_00265*BHORTPARK

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