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Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carrière

Pinaceae

NW MW North America (Canada: British Columbia; USA: Alaska, Washington to California) int MW Eurasia (Iceland to Germany)

NW MW

sci [hel] hyg->[xer] calc acid

cl (emblem tree of Alaska State of USA) dr(ob) (the Bella Coola ate the cambium in the summer only as laxative) fd (some Tsimshian people still eat the spruce cambium today) fd(ob) (the Haida, Kwakiutl, Makah and Quinault in Washington used to harden spruce pitch in cold water and chew it for pleasure like chewing gum, the Haida, Tsimshian and Alaskan Tlingit Indians used to scrape off the slimy cambium layer between the wood and the bark usually in late spring and eat it fresh or dry it into cakes for winter, the Makah in Washington used to eat young spruce shoots raw) ma(ob) (the Nootka on Vancouver Island sometimes tied the boughs on submerged wooden fences to catch herring spawn) pl pp (pulp) ti (boats, construction, gliders, interior joinery, keybord instruments, ladders, musical instruments, musical string, oars, plywood, veneer, rowing sculls, wood aircraft, cabinet work)

Abies falcata Raf. Abies menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl. Picea falcata (Raf.) Suringar Picea menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Carrière Picea sitchensis Trautv. & Mey.? Picea sitkaensis Mayr Pinus menziesii Douglas ex D.Don Pinus sitchensis Bong.

Sitka spruce; coast spruce, Menzies spruce; Menzies-spruce (Canada); sequoia silver spruce; silver spruce (USA); tideland spruce (Canada, USA); tidewater spruce (Canada); west coast spruce; western spruce, yellow spruce (USA)

épicéa de Sitka; épicéa sitka; épinette de Sitka (Canada); Sitka

abete di Menzies, abete di Sitka (italian); Sitka-Fichte (german)

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Latin name	Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carrière
Family	Pinaceae
Distribution	NW MW North America (Canada: British Columbia; USA: Alaska, Washington to California) int MW Eurasia (Iceland to Germany)
North America distribution zone	NW MW
Height	G
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci [hel] hyg->[xer] calc acid
Use	cl (emblem tree of Alaska State of USA) dr(ob) (the Bella Coola ate the cambium in the summer only as laxative) fd (some Tsimshian people still eat the spruce cambium today) fd(ob) (the Haida, Kwakiutl, Makah and Quinault in Washington used to harden spruce pitch in cold water and chew it for pleasure like chewing gum, the Haida, Tsimshian and Alaskan Tlingit Indians used to scrape off the slimy cambium layer between the wood and the bark usually in late spring and eat it fresh or dry it into cakes for winter, the Makah in Washington used to eat young spruce shoots raw) ma(ob) (the Nootka on Vancouver Island sometimes tied the boughs on submerged wooden fences to catch herring spawn) pl pp (pulp) ti (boats, construction, gliders, interior joinery, keybord instruments, ladders, musical instruments, musical string, oars, plywood, veneer, rowing sculls, wood aircraft, cabinet work)
Synonym	Abies falcata Raf. Abies menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl. Picea falcata (Raf.) Suringar Picea menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Carrière Picea sitchensis Trautv. & Mey.? Picea sitkaensis Mayr Pinus menziesii Douglas ex D.Don Pinus sitchensis Bong.
English name	Sitka spruce; coast spruce, Menzies spruce; Menzies-spruce (Canada); sequoia silver spruce; silver spruce (USA); tideland spruce (Canada, USA); tidewater spruce (Canada); west coast spruce; western spruce, yellow spruce (USA)
French name	épicéa de Sitka; épicéa sitka; épinette de Sitka (Canada); Sitka
Spanish name	abete di Menzies, abete di Sitka (italian); Sitka-Fichte (german)
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