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