White Spruce

 

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Pocahontas County, Iowa residents only

 

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$1.10 = 7-15 inch bare root transplant

$13.00 = 18-24 inch 2-gallon container grown

 

Full sun

Height:  50-60 feet

Spread:  15 feet

Medium growth rate; slower in summer

Prefers moist, sandy loam soils

Drought tolerant

 

Wildlife value: Provides nesting sites for birds and shelter for many kinds of wildlife. Crossbills, evening grosbeaks and red-breasted nuthatches eat the seeds, and grouse, rabbits and deer eat the foliage. Red squirrels cut open cones to eat the seeds, and they feast upon young, tender spruce shoots.

 

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