Anyone know what this bush is? The pinecones were purple, almost fuzzy, and seeping a sap-like substance.

Anyone know what this bush is? The pinecones were purple, almost fuzzy, and seeping a sap-like substance.

Location
WashingtonOlympic PeninsulaMt Washington
Photographer
Catherine Hovell
Date taken

Comments

  • Picea Purpurea - purple cone spruce. Honest. Only grows in China. How far did you walk?

    — Margaret Hovell

  • What! We did not walk to China. Are you sure?

    — Catherine Hovell

  • I'll do some more research, but the pictures I got for Picea Purpurea sure looked like this. Perhaps you found a rare species growing outside its element. Were there a lot of them? How tall was it - a bush or a tree? PP is a tree.

    — Margaret Hovell

  • OK ... here's something that makes a little more sense. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/picea_likiangensis_varpurp.html Nothing about China

    — Margaret Hovell

  • This was more like a bush - 3-4ft tall, maybe? I'm not sure a tree would grow up here, though - too windy, I'd think.

    — Catherine Hovell