| Description | One of the most tolerant of the Spruce for urban or city landscapes. |
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| Pronunciation | (PI-see-AH)(glaw-cah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 2 |
| Sunlight | full, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | prefers moist, average |
| Soil & Site | banks of steams, edges of swamps, tolerates average conditions |
| Fruit | cones, 1-2.5 inches, light green turning to brown, found near the tips of the branches |
| Leaves | quadrangular in cross section, crowded towards upper surface of the stem, persistent for several years, narrow to sharp tip, when crushed gives off a pungent or skunk smell |
| Dimensions | 40-60 feet tall by 10-20 wide |
| Propagation | seeds need no stratification |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced in 1700 |
| Misc Facts | Important as a pulp wood for paper making. Indians dug the pliable roots and used them for making baskets and lacing their Bitch bark canoes. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr), #39-The Natural History of Trees (Donald Cultrose Pattie) ,#66-Trees of Eastern and North central USA and Canada (Harlow) |
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