Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution

This is a large (to 70 m [230 ft] tall) cone-bearing tree. The leaves are 4-sided, stiff, and very sharp. The seed cones are reddish-brown to brown, with thin, wavy, irregularly toothed scales. Sitka spruce occurs in pure or mixed stands, often on moist, well-drained sites throughout the coast.