How to Use Sitka spruce in a Sentence

Sitka spruce

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Definition of Sitka sprucenext
  • Kake makes claim to having the world’s largest totem pole carved from a single tree – a Sitka spruce.
    — Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The lofty Sitka spruce off Highway 43 stood within the sale's boundaries.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Young cottonwood and Sitka spruce began taking hold on the wider floodplain.
    — Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Young cottonwood and Sitka spruce began taking hold on the wider floodplain.
    — Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Alaska The Sitka spruce is Alaska's state tree, often found in southeastern and central Alaska.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The great mahogany trees of Belize are severely depleted, as are old-growth trees the world over, especially rosewood, ebony and Sitka spruce.
    — Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Fine attention to detail is all-around here, including a Sitka spruce top, solid maple back and sides, and a mahogany neck capped with an Indian rosewood fretboard.
    — Joshua Kanter, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Nearly 2 million people visit the Tongass every year, coming from all over the world to marvel at the vast swaths of Sitka spruce, western hemlock, and red and yellow cedar, some towering as tall as 200 feet.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Non-native trees, primarily Sitka spruce, were recorded in 32% of Caledonian pinewood and considered abundant in 7%.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Winding up through a Sitka spruce forest, then along the edge of a lushly carpeted canyon, the path eventually finds its way into meadowlands, where you’re afforded stunning views of the surrounding mountains and glaciers.
    — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 16 June 2022

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