Black Hills Spruce
Picea glauca 'Densata'
Pinaceae
Other names
White Spruce
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Location
Urban Tree Collection, Conifer Slope
Source of plant
Musser Forests, Treehaven, Forestfarm Nursery
Description
A very hardy form from the Black Hills of South Dakota; slow-growing and of dense, symmetrical habit, sometimes erroneously grown as var. albertiana (DS 3). A slow-growing, conical form reaching 20' to 40' in height after 40 to 80 years; much denser and more ornamental than the species.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3
Special characteristics
growth habit, winter interest