Alaska (KTVF) - Located within the Tongass National Forest, a Sitka spruce from the Wrangell Ranger District was chosen to represent the 49th state as this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree.

White spruce (picea glauca) are also present, but scarce in both locations. Alaska's state tree is the Sitka spruce (picea sitchensis), found along Alaska's southern coastal areas. I suspect the ...

You can cut hemlock or Sitka spruce ... Jenkins/Alaska’s Energy Desk) But that classic-looking commercial Christmas tree, typically fir, has a hard time growing in the state.

marking the start of the holiday season in Washington D.C. The 2024 version of “The People’s Tree” is an 80-foot Sitka Spruce that came 4,000 miles from Wrangell, Alaska to take center stage ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, an 80-foot Sitka spruce from the Wrangell District Region in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, was delivered by two Alaska-based truck ...