Latin: Picea glauca densata
Other common names: Black Hills Spruce
Mature Height: 75' Spreads 10-20 ft. and grows into a pyramidal shape. Zones 2-6
Soil / Climate: Tolerates a wide variety of soil types.
Notes: Black Hills Spruce is a strain of white spruce originally found in the black hills of South Dakota. Needle color runs darker than standard white spruce. Excellent dense growth for windbreak or Christmas trees.
Wildlife: Winter shelter for wildlife. Squirrls will eat the buds. Spruce grouse eat the needles. The seed is eated by a variety of woodpeckers, pheasant, and many other varieties of birds.
Cold Stream Farm supplies Black Hills Spruce trees which are grown as bare root seedlings and transplants and sold both wholesale and retail with no minimum order
