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Common Name: Colorado Blue Spruce

Species Name: Picea pungens f. glauca

Family Name: Pinaceae

 

 

Examples of Colorado Blue SprucePicea pungens f. glauca

A Colorado Blue Spruce branch with needle-like leaves.
A Colorado Blue Spruce branch with needle-like leaves.
A Colorado Blue Spruce branch with needle-like leaves.
A close-up image of brown, scale-like Colorado Blue Spruce buds.
A close-up image of brown, scale-like Colorado Blue Spruce buds.
A close-up image of brown, scale-like Colorado Blue Spruce buds.

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin North America
Sun Preference Full Sun
Susceptibility Spider mite, spruce budworm and spruce gall aphid

 

 

ID Characteristics

  • Leaf and Stem Characteristics
    • Plant Height: 30-foot diameter, 120-foot height
    • Leaves: Formed all around the stem, rigid, stout, incurved, 1 inch long, 4-sided with 6 stomatic lines on each side

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Preference Adapted to many soil conditions
USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 3º
Notes Slow growing here in Stillwater where it is not well adapted to our hot summers

 

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