Introductory
SPECIES: Picea sitchensis | Sitka Spruce 



ABBREVIATION : 
PICSIT

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   PISI


COMMON NAMES : 
   Sitka spruce
   tideland spruce
   coast spruce
   yellow spruce
   silver spruce
   western spruce
   Menzies' spruce


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of Sitka spruce is Picea
sitchensis (Bongard) Carriere (Pinaceae) [28,50].

Species within the genus Picea form hybrid swarms at the interface of
their ranges.  Sitka spruce naturally hybridizes with white spruce (P.
glauca) to produce Lutz spruce (Picea X lutzii Little) [22,23,24,55].
It is often difficult to identify Picea X lutzii by morphological
chacteristics in stands with low levels of introgression [23].

Sitka spruce in plantations will also hybridize with Yezo spruce (Picea
jezoensis), Serbian spruce (P. omorika), and Engelmann spruce (P.
engelmannii) [22,23,24].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Randy Scott Griffith, July 1992.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Griffith, Randy Scott.  1992.  Picea sitchensis.  In: Remainder of Citation

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