SUN JOURNAL • January 18, 2022
The largest specimen of Norway spruce in the state can be found in Lewiston. It is 186 inches in circumference, 103 feet tall, and has a crown spread of about 13 feet. The champion tree, determined by the Maine Forest Service to be the largest of its kind in the state, resides in a 30-acre woodlot. It is thought the tree was planted in the late 1800s by the previous owners. The Lewiston spruce does not appear on the annual list of tallest trees by species in Maine because the Maine Forest Service only documents trees indigenous to North America. While very common in Maine and the Northeast, the Norway spruce is European in origin.