Pinaceae
Sitka spruce
Picea sitchensis
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Picea
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Common names
By language (43)
- Arabic
- تنوب سيتكي, راتنج سيتكي
- arz
- تنوب سيتكى
- azb
- سیتکین کوکناری
- Azerbaijani
- Sitxin küknarı
- Catalan
- Pícea de Sitka
- Chinese
- 北美雲杉, 西加云杉, 西加雲杉, 巨云杉, 阿拉斯加云杉
- Croatian
- Sitkanska smreka
- Czech
- Smrk sitka
- Danish
- Sitka-Gran, Sitkagran
- dsb
- Sitkowy škrjok
- Dutch
- Sitkaspar, Sitka spar
- English
- Sitka spruce
- Esperanto
- Sitka-piceo
- Estonian
- Sitka kuusk
- Finnish
- Sitkankuusi, Sitkakuusi
- French
- Épinette de Sitka, Épicéa de Sitka
- German
- Sitka-Fichte, Sitkafichte
- Hebrew
- אשוחית סיטקה
- hsb
- Sitkowy šmrěk
- Hungarian
- Szitka luc
- Icelandic
- Sitkagreni
- Irish
- Sprús Sitceach
- Italian
- Peccio di Sitka
- Japanese
- シトカトウヒ, シトカスプルース, シトカ・スプルース
- koi
- Ситкаись кӧз
- Lithuanian
- Sitkinė eglė
- Luxembourgish
- Sitkafiicht
- Macedonian
- Ситканска смрча
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sitkagran
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Sitkagran
- Persian
- نوئل سیتکایی
- Polish
- Świerk sitkajski
- Portuguese
- Sitka spruce
- Russian
- Ель ситхинская
- Serbian
- Sitkanska smrča, Ситканска смрча, Ситканска смрека, Смрека ситканска, Смрча ситканска
- Slovak
- Smrek sitkanský
- Slovenian
- Sitka
- Spanish
- Pícea de Sitka
- Swedish
- Sitkagran, Sitkatall
- Turkish
- Sitka ladini
- udm
- Ситкаысь кыз
- vep
- Sithine kuz'
- Welsh
- Sbriwsen sitca
Synonyms
- Abies falcata Raf.
- Abies menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl.
- Abies merkiana Fisch. ex Parl.
- Abies sitchensis (Bong.) Lindl. & Gordon
- Abies trigona Raf.
- Picea falcata (Raf.) J.V.Suringar
- Picea grandis Gordon
- Picea menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Carrière
- Picea menziesii var. crispa (Antoine) Carrière
- Picea sitchensis f. speciosa Beissn.
- Pinus menziesii Douglas ex D.Don
- Pinus menziesii var. crispa Antoine
- Pinus sitchensis Bong.
- Sequoia rafinesquei Carrière
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aiva Noringseth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dbaron at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: EJ Burns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Joan Morera, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Drew Meyer, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: dieter.bausenwein, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sam Beaumont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: José Garrido, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: naries, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.