Botanical name: Picea sitchensis
Type: Large evergreen tree
Sun requirement: Full sun
Height: 12 to 70m
Spread: up to 2m trunk diameter
Soil moisture: Moist - wet
Ideal habitat: Sitka spruce grows best in moist, foggy temperate rain forest habitat where one would find a moss-covered forest floor.
Features: A large tree that provides some green to the landscape all year. Its branches can provide shelter to many forms of wildlife and nesting opportunities for birds.
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