Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)

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

Bloom Color: Red. Main Bloom Time: Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

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

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

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring. — Young shoots - raw.; Young male catkins - raw or cooked.; Used as a flavouring.; Immature female cones - cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Moist, sandy, often swampy soils, occasionally on wet rocky slopes in the far north of its range. Alluvial soils from sea level to 300 metres, usually close to the coast. (Zone 6, Zone 7)