Blue Spruce

Basisdaten

blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Glauca') needles
blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Glauca') needles
  • blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Glauca') needles
  • blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Glauca') needle
  • blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Glauca') tree
  • blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Glauca') cones

Tree profile

name botanical: 
Picea pungens 'Glauca'
other name: 
Colorado Blue Spruce
family: 
Pinaceae
species: 
conifer
height: 
10-15 m (33 - 49 ft)
needle: 

square in cross section, blue-green to grey, up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long

fruit: 

cones, light-brown, elongated

bark: 
drab
root: 
shallow-rooted
location: 
shady - sunny
soil: 
sandy - loamy
ph value: 
acidic - alkaline
stature: 

laterally protruding