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David Douglas, when he first described Picea sitchensis wrote “It has the great advantage that it thrives on poor soils and could become a large and useful tree in Great Britain”. It has since become the most extensively planted exotic species in Great Britain after its introduction by Douglas in 1831 from its native range in the west coast fog belt of North America.
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John, A., Drake, P., Selby, C. (1995). Somatic Embryogenesis in Sitka Spruce (Picea Sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.). In: Jain, S.M., Gupta, P.K., Newton, R.J. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants. Forestry Sciences, vol 44-46. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0960-4_9
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