“The rainforest provides a perfect growth environment that gave us so many great candidate trees to select from, and in the end, I know we found the perfect Sitka spruce to represent Alaska and ...

Crews will hoist the 80-foot tree up on the West Lawn f the Capitol. It's a tradition dating back 60 years. The towering Sitka Spruce is in D.C. following a long journey from Alaska. The tree is ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, an 80-foot Sitka spruce from the Wrangell District Region in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, was delivered by two Alaska-based truck ...

White and blue spruce trees mainly grow throughout most of Canada. Englemann spruce, blue spruce, and Sitka spruce are native to the western states and Canadian provinces. Note: Norway spruce ...

The name speaks for itself — Sitka Spruce Park on Amaknak Island has dozens of spruce trees, creating a rare forest-like sanctuary. Regional lands are known for their tundra valleys filled with ...

prompting an inspection that revealed significant decay throughout the tree. "It was a difficult decision to make, especially with this iconic Sitka Spruce that has become a friend to us all over ...

For 60 years, the Forest Service has continued a tradition of supplying the legislative building with a tree from a different state. This year’s enormous 80-foot-tall sitka spruce tree hails from ...

Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), known also as tideland spruce, coast spruce, and yellow spruce, is the largest of the world's spruces and is one of the most prominent forest trees in stands along ...

So, they started planting a non-native American tree: fast-growing Sitka spruce, capable of rebuilding their timber resources in record time. And it worked. Today, about 12% of the island is forested.