Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce)

8/28/2007 · Rte 199 State Park Info Place, Crescent City, California

“Octopus Tree.” This giant old sitka spruce did not develop into a massive single trunked tree as most spruce trees do along the OR coast. The candelabra branching and unusual size of this spruce tree were formed by strong coastal winds and the sheltered hollow of its location. Each of the six candelabra limbs are at least 12 feet around and extend horizontally from the main trunk as much as 30 feet before turning upward. The base of the tree has a circumference of about 50 feet. · 8/26/2007 · Cape Meares State Park, Oregon

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Coniferophyta	Conifers—cone-bearing trees (and a few shrubs)
Class	Pinopsida	Gymnosperms such as cedars, Douglas-firs, cypresses, firs, junipers, kauri, larches, pines, hemlocks, redwoods, spruces, and yews
Order	Pinales	Cone-bearing plants: cedar, cypress, fir, juniper, larch, pine, redwood, spruce, yew, and others
Family	Pinaceae	Pine family: cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces
Genus	Picea	Spruce; means “pitch”
Species	sitchensis	Of or from Sitka in southeast Alaska

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