Picea - Spruce

BIG TREES OF PENNSYLVANIA * Denotes a National Champion ENTS=Laser range finder and clinometer UNK=Unknown   CLIN@100= Clinometer @100'
Tree year nominated year last measured circum (inches)@ 4.5' height (feet) spread (feet) points address measuring technique measuring crew county original nominator(s) comments and alternate measuring height
SPRUCE                        
Norway Spruce
Picea abies		 1990 1993 166 116 55 296 RD2 Kingsley UNK   Susquehanna    
Norway Spruce
     Picea abies		 2004 2005 126 135.2 39   271 Anders Run N.A., Irvine ENTS Dale Luthinger, Lee Frelich, Jess Riddle, Will Blozan Warren Dale Luthinger, Denny Benedict located in the flat on the old Gen. Irvine plantation
Norway Spruce
Picea abies		 2000 2000 126 155 61 296 331 Logan Run Rd., Danville UNK Frederick Jones Montour Frederick Jones height needs verified,  Evidence tree was planted in 1876,  purchased at Centennial Expo
Norway Spruce
     Picea abies		 2008 2008 161 100 60 276 Forty Maples Day Use Area, Sinnemahoning SP ENTS Gene Odato Cameron Gene Odato Highway side of road  
Norway Spruce
     Picea abies		 2006 2006 143 84.7 51 241 Blue Falls Grove, 91A Bowers Ln., Reading ENTS Scott Wade, Megan Varnes, Tom S. DeLong Berks Scott Wade, Megan Varnes, Tom S. DeLong double trunk starting at 5', appears to have been cut when young, not two trees  
Maxwell Norway Spruce 
Picea abies 'maxwellii'		 1989 1989 34 42 13 79 Hershey gardens UNK   Dauphin    
Weeping Norway Spruce
     Picea abies 'pendula'		 2007 2007 50 31.6 33 90 Delaware County Community College, Media ENTS Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2007 Delaware Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2007 looks like a knight on his horse, dubbed Sir Spruce  
Weeping Norway Spruce
Picea abies 'pendula'		 1989 2003 42 30 12 75 Hershey gardens CLIN@100 Barbara Whitcraft, Elizabeth Zanowiak                                     Dauphin Rick Koval North of the annuals and south of Hotel Road
Dragon Spruce
     Picea asperata		 2007 2007 72 45 39 127 Haverford College, Haverford ENTS Martha Van Artsdalen, Mike Startup, Scott Wade Delaware Martha Van Artsdalen, Mike Startup Pinetum  
Englemann Spruce 
Picea englemannii		 1980 2004 155 44 102 225 Arthur A Swanson Jr. Property, Sugargrove CLIN@100 Ted Grisez Warren Arthur Swanson Jr measurements don't seem right for species??
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
     Picea glauca var conica		 1996 2007 14 14.2 17 32 725 Darlington Rd., Glen Mills ENTS Dan Lievens, Scott Wade Delaware UNK There are two of the same size in this abandon dwarf conifer garden from the 1930's
Sakhalin Spruce
     Picea glehnii		 2008 2008 72 48 36 129 Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford Tape Mike Startup Delaware Mike Startup    
Black Spruce
     Picea mariana		 2007 2007 72 37 30 116 Haverford College, Haverford ENTS Martha Van Artsdalen, Mike Startup, Scott Wade Delaware Martha Van Artsdalen, Mike Startup Pinetum,CO6-39, measured at 10"  
Japanese Spruce
Picea maximowiczii		 1999 2007 100 90.2 48 202 Westtown School, Westtown ENTS Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2007 Chester Larry Wheeler  
Siberian Spruce
     Picea obovata		 2007 2007 48 57 21 110 Haverford College, Haverford ENTS Martha Van Artsdalen, Mike Startup, Scott Wade Delaware Martha Van Artsdalen, Mike Startup Pinetum  
Weeping Serbian Spruce
Picea omorika 'Pendula'		 2004 2004 34 61 11 98 Preston Labs.415 S. Barnhart Road, Butler UNK Fred Lochner, Bob Shurtleff Butler Fred Lochner, Bob Shurtleff  
Oriental Spruce
Picea orientalis		 1999 2007 115 90.3 36 214 Westtown School, Westtown ENTS Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2007 Chester Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 1999  
Oriental Spruce 
Picea orientalis		 1998 1998 72 94 33 174 York Rd, Carlisle UNK   Cumberland    
Oriental Spruce
     Picea orientalis		 2002 2002 112 100 25 218 Tyler arboretum CLIN@100 Scott Wade Delaware    
Tigertail Spruce
     Picea polita		 2007 2007 72 49 36 131 Haverford College, Haverford ENTS Martha Van Artsdalen, Mike Startup, Scott Wade Delaware Martha Van Artsdalen, Mike Startup Pinetum CO5-07  
Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens  		1987 1987 121 80 39 211 York Road and County Line Road, Hatboro UNK   Montgomery    
Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens  		1989 1989 112 90 40 212 3150 Hillside Road, Shavertown UNK Robert Casper Luzerne Robert Casper  
Weeping Blue Colorado Spruce
     Picea pungens 'glauca pendula'		 2003 2003 47 29 24 82 St. Aloysius Academy Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr CLIN@100 Scott Wade Chester Longwood Gardens Big Tree Tour 2003  
Red Spruce
Picea rubens		 1988 2004 94 98 28 199 Pocono Lake preserve UNK Jamie Leary, Abbie Hutton Monroe Pocono Lake preserve Walk southside of Tobyhanna creek from Dam to Kate’s pool. Go 159 ft. up short cut trail, tree is 198 degrees and 100 feet into the woods
Sitka Spruce
     Picea sitchensis		 2007 2007 84 38 36 131 Haverford College, Haverford ENTS Martha Van Artsdalen, Mike Startup, Scott Wade Delaware Martha Van Artsdalen, Mike Startup Pinetum, CO6-01 measured at 10"
                         
                         
 

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