Himalayan Spruce at Tyrconnell

Libby Fairweather, of Alberta Heritage Tree Foundation, stands in the Himalayan spruce tree in St. Peter's cemetery, Tyrconnell. The large horizontal branches are tear-drop shaped in cross section, rather than round, an amazing engineering feat of nature, to strengthen the branches to support the enormous bending stresses placed upon them!

The main trunk of this remarkable tree is just as straight as any spruce tree.


The multi trunk Himalayan spruce, on the left, is in a low spot at the bottom of a gentle slope and could easily go unnoticed compared to the regular shaped spruce, in the open, on the right.


Cones, buds and needles of the Himalayan Spruce.