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Colorado Blue Spruce: (Picea pungens glauca)

Conservation practices: C,T, H, S, E

Soil: Well drained

Growth rate: Medium

Description: Height 30-60' The Blue Spruce is the most sought after evergreen of all. You will love the brilliant blue-green color and stately pyramidal shape of this tree. Makes absolutely the most magnificent living screen. Flower and cones are similar to Colorado Spruce. Grown in parks, gardens.

PLANT USE KEY
C = Christmas Tree
E =Environmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Eastern White Pine: (Pinus strobus)

Conservation practices: C, T, H, E,N

Soil: Well drained

Growth rate: Fast

Description: Height 50-80 feet. Soft needles ranging in color from blue - green,  2-4 inch long. Sensitive to salt. Very good screne.

PLANT USE KEY
C = Christmas Tree
E =Environmental  Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

Norway Spruce: (Picea abies)

Soil: Well drained moist, acidic

Growth rate: Medium

Description: Evergreen, stiff, 1/2 to 1 inch long. Needles are 4-angled but somewhat flattened, with a sharp pointed tip, shiny green. A medium to large tree with conical form, with horizontal to upward sweeping branches that have drooping branchlets.

PLANT USE KEY

C = Christmas Tree
E =Environmental  Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

White Spruce: (Picea glauca)

Soil: Wide tolerance

Growth rate: Medium

Description: Evergreen, stiff, 1/3 to 3/4 inch long, green to blue-green in color, square in cross section. When crushed a pungent odor is apparent. Needle tips are pointed, but not sharp. Conical, medium-sized trees.

PLANT USE KEY
C = Christmas Tree
E =Environmental Forestry
F = Human Food
H = Habitat/Food Wildlife
N = Native
S = Shelterbelt
T = Timber
W = Watershed

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