Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens var. Glauca) - Plant Identification

Common name: Colorado blue spruce
Scientific name: Picea pungens var. Glauca
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Genus name is reportedly derived from the Latin word pix meaning pitch in reference to the sticky resin typically found in spruce bark. Specific epithet means sharp-pointed in reference to the needles.

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It is important that young plants get enough water since they become more drought tolerant with age.

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These dudes have shallow roots compared to a Douglas fir, probably because it grows in rocks in the Rockies 🤷‍♂️

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Cylindrical cones that are a pale shiny brown when mature.

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it is the state tree of colorado