Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
CLASSIFICATION Evergreen conifer
HABIT/SIZE Conical or pyramid-shaped with stiff horizontal branches; large tree 50 to 150 feet tall
LEAVES One to two inches long; four-sided and flat with a sharp pointed tip; prickly; stomatal white lines on each side. A peg-like stalk supports each needle. Green to blue-green due to wax
FRUIT/SEED/CONE Cylindrical cones two to five inches long; light brown with thin papery scales; usually found near top of tree; seeds are dark brown and three-quarters of an inch long
BARK Grey with large scales