: a tall spruce (Picea sitchensis) of the northern Pacific coast of North America that has thin reddish-brown bark, flat needles, and cones with slightly toothed scales see cone illustration
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Best Things to Do Visit Ecola State Park Wind through Sitka spruce and Western hemlock trees on the way to this Oregon State Park, located just 10 minutes from downtown.
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Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2024
The regulation prohibits the logging of Sitka spruce that have a breast-height diameter of 9.3 feet or more.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 11 June 2021
Thanks to biking, paddleboarding, boat tours, fishing, and hiking trails — one of which leads to a 1,000-year-old Sitka spruce tree — there's no shortage of natural delights here.
—Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
The water was full of surfers in wet suits; colossal Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, and cedar trees lined the shore.
—Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
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Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2024
The regulation prohibits the logging of Sitka spruce that have a breast-height diameter of 9.3 feet or more.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 11 June 2021
Thanks to biking, paddleboarding, boat tours, fishing, and hiking trails — one of which leads to a 1,000-year-old Sitka spruce tree — there's no shortage of natural delights here.
—Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
The water was full of surfers in wet suits; colossal Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, and cedar trees lined the shore.
—Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
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Sitka spruce
noun
Sit·ka spruce
ˌsit-kə- 
: a tall spruce of the northern Pacific coast of North America with thin reddish brown bark and flat needles
also
: its wood
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