Grey Nuns Old Growth White Spruce — St. Albert
White Spruce (Picea glauca)
White Spruce
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This old-growth White Spruce stand in St. Albert along the Sturgeon River contains trees dating back over 100 years, with the oldest specimen estimated at 192 years — an extraordinary age for an urban-adjacent White Spruce. The Grey Nuns White Spruce park represents a rare and intact old-growth habitat in the St. Albert area, with historical connections to the Grey Nuns mission presence in the region. Coordinates correspond to the first vertex of the polygon boundary as recorded in the source KML.
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- White Spruce
- Scientific name
- Picea glauca
- Area
- Alberta
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This old-growth White Spruce stand in St. Albert along the Sturgeon River contains trees dating back over 100 years, with the oldest specimen estimated at 192 years — an extraordinary age for an urban-adjacent White Spruce. The Grey Nuns White Spruce park represents a rare and intact old-growth habitat in the St. Albert area, with historical connections to the Grey Nuns mission presence in the region. Coordinates correspond to the first vertex of the polygon boundary as recorded in the source KML.
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