Sitka Spruce

Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carrière - Pine family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 250.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: Yellow

Bloom Time: Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Species depending on Sitka Spruce: Acleris variana, Agrochola pulchella, Archips packardiana, Archips strianus, Argyrotaenia niscana, Aseptis binotata, Barbara colfaxiana, Caripeta divisata, Choristoneura fumiferana, Choristoneura occidentalis, Choristoneura orae, Cladara limitaria, Coleotechnites atrupictella, Cydia youngana, Dioryctria reniculella, Ectropis crepuscularia, Endothenia albolineana, Enypia packardata, Enypia venata, Epinotia hopkinsana, Epirrita autumnata omissa, Epirrita pulchraria, Eupithecia annulata, Eupithecia columbiata, Eupithecia columbrata, Eupithecia harrisonata, Eupithecia longipalpata, Eupithecia mutata mutata, Eupithecia olivacea, Eupithecia unicolor, Eupithecia usurpata, Feralia jocosa, Gabriola dyari, Griselda radicana, Hydriomena californiata, Hydriomena irata, Hydriomena marinata exasperata, Hydriomena renunciata, Hydriomena speciosata, Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa, Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria, Lophocampa argentata, Malacosoma disstria, Melanchra picta, Melanolophia imitata, Neoalcis californiaria, Neophasia menapia, Nepytia phantasmaria, Nepytia umbrosaria nigrovenaria, Palthis angulalis, Panthea portlandia - group, Paralobesia piceana, Pero behrensaria, Pero morrisonaria, Petrova burkeana, Phlogophora periculosa, Promylea lunigerella, Protoboarmia porcelaria indicataria, Sabulodes edwardsata, Semiothisa granitata, Semiothisa granitata-group, Spiramater lutra, Stenoporpia albescens, Stenoporpia pulmonaira albescens, Synanthedon novaroensis, Synaxis pallulata, Syngrapha rectangula, Syngrapha selecta, Thallophaga hyperborea, Xestia mustelina, Zeiraphera canadensis, Zeiraphera diniana, Zeiraphera improbana, Zeiraphera pacifica, Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana, Zeiraphera unfortunana, Zeiraphera vancouverana

Native Range

  • USA:  Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington
  • CAN:  British Columbia
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.