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Taxon: Picea glauca (Moench) Voss

Genus: Picea
Family: Pinaceae.
Nomen number: 28291
Place of publication: Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16:93. 1907
Name verified on: 12-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Mar-2003
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 3 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


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Common names:

  • Alberta white spruce   (Source: Man Conif [as Picea glauca var. albertiana]) – English
  • American white spruce   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  • Black Hills spruce   (Source: F GPlains ) – English
  • Canadian spruce   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  • Porsild spruce   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  • western white spruce   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  • white spruce   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • épinette blanche   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  • Schimmelfichte   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  • Weißfichte   (Source: HerbSpices ) – German

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire [n.], New York [n.], Vermont [n.]
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Minnesota [n.], South Dakota [s.w.], Wisconsin
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Montana [n.w.], Wyoming [n.]

References:

  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Farjon, A. 1990. Pinaceae: Drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Regnum Veg. 121. (Pinaceae)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
  • McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
  • Ouden, P. den & B. K. Boom. 1965. Manual of cultivated conifers. (Man Conif) [= Picea glauca var. albertiana].
  • Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:119.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur) [introduced].
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Picea glauca (Moench) Voss:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Picea glauca cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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