Sitka Spruce

Chris Swink

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First have softer needles than spruce.
Thanks Mike. I am assuming this is a doug fir then. Needles are soft, flat, and not sharply pointed. Can not roll them in my fingers. I was sure it was a sitka based on my forest service maps and the area in which I collected it today was about 700 yards from the coast. Anyway.
 

Chris Swink

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Sure looks like a Doug fir. Looks like nice potential too.
Thank you. The only reason I decided to get it was for the deadwood on it. Trunk is a good 9" in diameter. Hopefully it will be nice in the future if it survives.
 

wireme

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Thank you. The only reason I decided to get it was for the deadwood on it. Trunk is a good 9" in diameter. Hopefully it will be nice in the future if it survives.

Really? It's always hard to tell size in a photo but you don't have diameter and circumference mixed up do you?
 

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Thanks Mike. I am assuming this is a doug fir then. Needles are soft, flat, and not sharply pointed. Can not roll them in my fingers. I was sure it was a sitka based on my forest service maps and the area in which I collected it today was about 700 yards from the coast. Anyway.
It's an easy way to distinguish between the 2.
Spruce are prickly bast Ardsley.
Fir feel like fur.
 
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