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Sitka spruce
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a tall spruce, Picea sitchensis, found on the Pacific slope in British Columbia.
See Sitka deer for origin of Sitka.
Quotations
1906
. . . in the interior of British Columbia . . . extending to the coast, the giant of the species is found in the Menzies or Sitka spruce.
1962
A 150-foot golden Sitka spruce, believed to be the only one of its kind in the world, stands in a forest on the Yakoun River in British Columbia.
2 — Fig.
the logging camps of B.C.
Quotations
1928
"Just the morning after you left for the Sitka spruce. . . ."