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Definition of Sitka in English: Sitka(also Sitka spruce) nounˈsɪtkə A fast-growing North American spruce tree, widely cultivated for its strong lightweight timber. Picea sitchensis, family Pinaceae Example sentencesExamples - When the explorers reached the Northern Rockies and the Pacific Northwest, they found alien forests of Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, and other conifers instead of the familiar broadleaf woods of the East.
- Forests of mostly Sitka and Norway spruce are felled.
- Ancient giants - Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, red and yellow western cedar - took root long before Columbus arrived in North America and tower a hundred metres skyward.
- The forests of the Pacific Northwest and northern California are known for giant ancient trees such as Sitka spruce and sequoia (redwoods).
- The spokesman said that the relative dominance of the Sitka spruce will decrease as other species are planted.
- The plantation consists of Norway and Sitka spruce and felling is due to begin in 2 years time.
- With towering Sitka spruce surrounding us and a soft rain beginning to fall, we unloaded our gear bags.
- The Sitka spruce were thriving in the wet climates, many of their branches twisted making the forest mysterious and eerie.
- Closer to the sea, where the terrain is smoother, forests of Sitka spruce and western hemlock have developed.
- The Octopus Tree, an ancient Sitka spruce with massive branches that rise up around a low central trunk like the arms of a candelabra, is a five-minute walk from the parking lot.
- It can take a crop of Sitka spruce approximately 35 years to reach maturity.
- While Sitka spruce can withstand the ravages inflicted by deer, other species are not so hardy.
Origin Late 19th century: named after Sitka, a town in Alaska. Definition of Sitka in US English: Sitkaproper nounˈsitkə A city in the panhandle of southwestern Alaska, on Baranof Island; population 8,889 (est. 2008).
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