White Spruce
Picea glauca
White spruce is a hardy, adaptable northern spruce forming the backbone of the boreal forest, with dense conical form and short blue-green needles. Tolerant of cold, wind, and varied soils.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 40–70 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~150 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AK, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NY, PA, SD, VT, WI