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A 9-metre-tall, 100-year-old Sitka spruce growing in the middle of the permanently uninhabited sub-antarctic Campbell Island has been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the "most remote tree in the world".
Throughout most of its range from northern California to Alaska, Sitka spruce is associated with western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) in dense stands where growth rates are among the highest in North America. It is a valuable commercial timber species for lumber, pulp, and many special uses (15,16).
Sitka Spruce, unlike the much smaller Black Spruce, can reach heights of over 300ft and are found mostly in the wetter southcentral and southeast regions of Alaska. This particular tree is highly valued for its ability to grow rapidly and in locations that have poor soil.
2 dni temu · Sitka Spruce, Alaska's state tree, is the largest of all spruce, with a tall and straight trunk from a buttressed base and a broad, open, and conical crown of horizontal branches. Throughout southeast Alaska, Prince William Sound, Kodiak Island, Kenai Peninsula, and up the northern edge of the range extends just north of Girdwood, you can find ...
29 gru 2013 · In this paper we use knowledge and experience from natural spruce forests in southeast Alaska to suggest some ideas for managing Sitka spruce plantations in other parts of the world to increase biodiversity and enhance a variety of forest ecosystem services.
Distribution: Sitka spruce is native to the Pacific Coast region from southern Alaska (Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet) , southeast through southeastern Alaska, western British Columbia, western Washington, western Oregon and northwestern California.
17 gru 2023 · Sitka spruce is the state tree of Alaska (Harris 1990). A 2022 article in The Guardian announced that the "world's loneliest tree" is a specimen of Picea sitchensis planted on Campbell Island, New Zealand in the early 1900's.
