Spruce
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Species
Classificationwp
1 Cones with thickish scales; leaves quadrangular in cross-section: section Picea
- 1a Cones with (mostly) pointed scales; leaves blunt or somewhat pointed
- Picea abies Norway Spruce. Europe; important in forestry. The original Christmas tree.
- Picea asperata Dragon Spruce. Western China; several varieties.
- Picea meyeri Meyer's Spruce. Northern China.
- Picea koraiensis Korean Spruce. Korea, northeast China.
- Picea koyamae Koyama's Spruce. Japan (mountains).
- 1b Cones with smoothly rounded scales; leaves blunt or somewhat pointed
- Picea orientalis Caucasian Spruce or Oriental Spruce . Caucasus, northeast Turkey.
- Picea morrisonicola Yushan Spruce . Taiwan (high mountains).
- Picea wilsonii Wilson's Spruce . Western China.
- Picea obovata Siberian Spruce. North Scandinavia, Siberia. Often treated as a variant of P. abies (and hybridises with it) but distinct cones.
- Picea schrenkiana Schrenk's Spruce. Mountains of central Asia.
- Picea smithiana Morinda Spruce. Western Himalaya.
- Picea alpestris Norway Spruce, Alpine Spruce. The Alps in Europe; rare, often treated as a variant of P. abies (and hybridises with it) distinct cones.
- 1c Cones with smoothly rounded scales; leaves viciously sharp-pointed
- Picea maximowiczii Maximowicz Spruce. Japan (rare, mountains).
- Picea torano Tiger-tail Spruce. Japan.
- Picea neoveitchii Veitch's Spruce. Northwest China (rare, endangered).
- Picea martinezii Martinez Spruce. Northeast Mexico (very rare, endangered).
- Picea chihuahuana Chihuahua Spruce. Northwest Mexico (rare).
2 Cones with thickish wavy scales, leaves slightly to strongly flattened: section Omorika
- 2a Cones mostly with rounded scales; leaves flattened in section, white below
- Picea breweriana Brewer's Spruce. Klamath Mountains, North America; local endemic.
- Picea brachytyla Sargent's Spruce. Southwest China.
- Picea farreri Burmese Spruce. Northeast Burma, southwest China (mountains).
- Picea omorika Serbian Spruce. Serbia; local endemic; important in horticulture.
- 2b Cones mostly with wavy scales; leaves slightly flattened in section, often paler below
- Picea mariana Black Spruce. Northern North America.
- Picea rubens Red Spruce. Northeastern North America; important in forestry.
- Picea glehnii Glehn's Spruce. Northern Japan, Sakhalin.
- Picea alcockiana ("P. bicolor") Alcock's Spruce. Central Japan (mountains).
- Picea purpurea Purple Spruce. Western China.
- Picea balfouriana Balfour's Spruce. Western China.
- Picea likiangensis Likiang Spruce. Southwest China.
- Picea spinulosa Sikkim Spruce. Eastern Himalaya.
3 Cones with very thin, wavy scales: section 'Casicta'
- Picea glauca White Spruce. Northern North America; important in forestry.
- Picea engelmannii Engelmann Spruce. Western North American mountains; important in forestry.
- Picea sitchensis Sitka Spruce. Pacific Coast of North America; the largest species, to 95m tall; important in forestry.
- Picea jezoensis Jezo Spruce. Northeast Asia, Kamchatka south to Japan.
- Picea pungens Blue Spruce or Colorado Spruce. Rocky Mountains, North America; important in horticulture.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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