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Colorado Blue Spruce Family:
Pine (Pinaceae) Grows to 100ft. Bark on mature trees is gray and
furrowed. Needles are very sharp. New growth is
blue-green. All blue trees sold as ornamentals are bred for their color; this does not occur in the wild.
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It can be confused with Engelmann Spruce. Cones are up to 4" long and are a pale tan in color. The cones of Engelmann Spruce are less than 2" long and dark tan, as can be seen in the picture below. Flora of North America reference. |
