White Spruce
Picea glauca
Bird food

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Growing it
| When | Flowers May to June |
|---|---|
| Type | tree |
| Sun | Full sun, partial shade |
| Water | Low, medium |
| Soil | pH 5–7 |
| Hardiness | zone 1–6 |
| Mature height | 25 m |
| Mature spread | 7.5 m |
| Spacing | 5 m |
| Years to maturity | 25 |
| Bloom | May–Jun |
| In bloom | May June |
| Native to | AB, SK |
needles about 1.8 cm long; a single straight leader
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 498 records, high confidence
- Eastern Continental Ranges central AB: 138 records, high confidence
- Cypress Upland south AB / SK: 124 records, high confidence
- Northern Continental Divide south AB: 98 records, high confidence
- Western Alberta Upland central AB: 90 records, high confidence
- Slave River Lowland north AB: 89 records, high confidence
- Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 82 records, high confidence
- Tazin Lake Upland north AB / SK: 75 records, high confidence
- Fescue Grassland south AB: 67 records, high confidence
- Mid-Boreal Uplands central AB / SK: 60 records, high confidence
- Moist Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 31 records, high confidence
- Wabasca Lowland north AB: 27 records, high confidence
- Peace Lowland north AB: 24 records, high confidence
- Mid-Boreal Lowland central SK: 3 records, low confidence
- Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 3 records, low confidence
These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.
See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.
Documented animals
9 documented relationships.
seed for
- American Goldfinch Poelen et al. 2014
- Pine Grosbeak Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Red Crossbill Poelen et al. 2014
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- White-winged Crossbill Poelen et al. 2014
cover for
- Canada Jay Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Great Horned Owl Cornell Lab of Ornithology
nest site for
- Merlin Cornell Lab of Ornithology
caterpillar host for
- Larch Spruce Gall Adelgid Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
Also worth knowing
Safety
Toxicity not assessed, absence of a warning is not a guarantee of safety
Buying it
About $60–$150 per plant (estimate), sometimes in big-box garden sections. Estimate (large specimen tree); AB retail as of 2026