Sitka Spruce Surprises
by Angus, 9 August, 2010, 4 comments
About 70% of Britain's commercial tree plantations are Sitka Spruce. The Forestry Commission have been planting sitka since as far back as the 1930s both because it is able to survive in inhospitable peaty conditions and because sitka grows fast and produces good quality timber. Botanically called Picea sitchensis, sitka spruce is most easily identified by the "three p's": it has a pointed crown, its leaves (needles) are on pegs and it has pendant cones. Read more...
