Spruce, Dwarf Alberta

Picea glauca ‘Conica’

Picea glauca, commonly called white spruce, is an extremely hardy evergreen conifer that is native to upland areas and lake/stream margins stretching from Alaska across the boreal forest of Canada to Newfoundland, dipping south to Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and New York.
This tree typically grows 60-80′ tall (less frequently to 140′ tall) with a cone-shaped crown.
It diminishes in size to low, shrubby forms near tree line in northern Canada.
Blue-green needles (to 3/4″) on small woody pegs have sharp tips.
Needles are pungently aromatic when crushed.
Needles have a glaucous (white waxy coating) bloom, hence the specific epithet and common name.
Branchlets do not droop.
Cylindrical pale brown cones (to 2.5″ long) have flexible scales.