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White Spruce
Picea glauca
Hardiness Zone: 2 - 6 
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Mature Height: 40-60 Feet
Features: Evergreen needles; dense, pyramidal habit.
Culture: Full sun, but can also tolerate light shade; moist, well drained soils, but tolerates dry and wet sites to some degree; tolerates alkaline sites.
Cultivars:

'Densata' (Black Hills Spruce)- slower growing than the species, dense conical shape.

Other cultivars are available, some are dwarf.

Mature Form: Pyramidal
Native To: United States
Soil Conditions:
Soil condition: DryDry
Soil condition: Moist, Well-DrainedMoist, Well-Drained
Soil condition: WetWet
Tolerance:
Tolerance: Alkaline SoilAlkaline Soil
Tolerance: Dry SitesDry Sites
Salt
Soil Compaction
Tolerance: Wet SitesWet Sites
Tolerance: WindWind
Uses:
Massing
Patio
Use for: Screen.Screen
Shade
Use for: Specimen.Specimen
Street
Use for: Wind Break.Wind Break
Foliage Color: Green
 
Fall Foliage Color: Green
 
Additional Notes: