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Canadian Softwood Plywood (CSP/SPF)
Sitka Spruce
Habitat:
In coastal forests, Sitka spruce grows with western hemlock, western
red cedar, and yellow-cedar. The forest floor is often thick with mosses,
and horsetails, blueberries and deer fern flourish.
Black-tail deer abound, especially in the Queen Charlotte Islands, where
they were introduced without their natural predator, the gray wolf.
The productive floodplains along coastal valleys support grizzly and
black bears as well as many smaller mammals.
Uses of Sitka Spruce:
Sitka spruce is valued for its wood, which is light, soft, and relatively strong and flexible. It is used for general construction, ship building and plywood. The wood has excellent acoustic properties and is used to make sounding boards in pianos and other musical instruments such as violins and guitars.
| Plywood Manufacturing Standard CSA O151 | |
| Faces and Backs | Inner Plies |
| Western Hemlock True Fir Sitka Spruce Western Larch Lodgepole Pine |
Douglas Fir Western Hemlock True Fir Sitka Spruce Western White Spruce Western Larch Western White Pine Lodgepole Pine Trembling Aspen Balsam Poplar |