Picea pungens

COMMON NAME: Colorado Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce

FAMILY: Pine Family; Pinaceae

FOLIAGE: Evergreen. Gray to blue needles are four-sided, sharp-pointed, curved and very stiff, 1/2 - 1 1/4 in. long.

FRUIT: Cones. 2 - 4 1/2 in. long, pendulous, green when young then reddish-brown. Cone scales stiff with irregular tooth margins.

NATIVE HABITAT: Southwestern United States (Rocky Mountains)