Picea alcoquiana

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names
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Read about Picea alcoquiana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Picea alcoquiana (Picea bicolor, Mayr. P. Alcockiana, Carr., partly. P. Alcockiana nova, Hort. Abies bicolor, Maxim.). Tree, 80-150 ft., with rather stiff, spreading branches: bark grayish brown: young branches dull yellowish brown, glabrous, usually only leading shoots pubescent: lvs. somewhat curved, with 2 bluish lines above, dark green beneath, sharply acuminate,1/2 -3/4 in. long: cones oblong, brown, purple before ripening, 3-4 in. long; scales obovate, finely denticulate and slightly wavy at the often recurved margin. Japan. Handsome tree, with less slender branches than P. jezoensis and of more rapid growth. Var. acicularis, Shirasawa (P. acicasaris, Maxim. P. japonica, Regel). Branchlets finely pubescent: lvs. curved, acute, bluish white above: cones light reddish brown, with entire not wavy scales. Cent. Japan. M.D. 1914:257. Var. reflexa, Shirasawa. Branchlets pubescent, light brown: lvs. more or less curved, acute, bluish white above, about 1/2.in. long: cones light reddish brown; scales nearly entire, not wavy, at the apex slightly attenuate and recurved. Cent. Japan. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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