Spruce, Colorado Blue

(Picea pungens)
Medium/Tall Tree

20 Year Height: 15 feet
Growth Rate: moderate
Growth Habit: branching is broad and dense, branches extending to ground
Drought Resistance: good
Wildlife Value: nesting site
Pests: spider mites, spruce needle miner, pine needle scale, yellow-headed spruce sawfly, aphids
Disease: needle cast, canker, needle blight
Other: performs best on moist, well-drained loams

Introduced species

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