Friday’s Feature Tree: The Big Spruce at Cape Meares
Tucked away in a patch of ancient forest at Cape Meares is a craggy old sitka spruce (picea sitchensis) that is the current state champion in Oregon. The colossal scaly-barked trunk has a diameter of 15.5 ft and a height of 144 ft. The estimated age of this giant is between 750 and 800 years old which is approaching the upper limit for how long this species can live.












