Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)

Family: Pinaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Green, Orange, Purple. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Columnar, Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Flowers, Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Spring, Early Summer, Late Summer, Fall, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring. — Young male catkins - raw or cooked.; Used as a flavouring.; Immature female cones - cooked.; The central portion, when roasted, is sweet and syrupy.

Habitat & North American Range

Banks of streams or on first benches above them, singly or in small groves, 2000 - 3300 metres. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)