Picea rubens

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Common name: red spruce

Family: Pinaceae (pine family)

Distribution: n.e. North America

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Hardiness: USDA Zone 3

Life form: Evergreen tree

Comments: A conical tree to around 30'. Young branchlets are yellow-brown, but older bark is distinctly reddish brown and scaly. Needles are tinier than most spruce, 1/2" long, bright green and densely set. Young cones are attractively colored purple and green, ripening to reddish brown in the fall.

Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture • World Flora Online

1: APC: BK20 (BK20) • Accession: D2013-0516.005 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
2: APC: BK21 (BK21) • Accession: D2013-0529.005 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
3: DAL: CK18 (CK18) • Accession: D1948-0010.001
4: DAL: CK18 (CK18) • Accession: D1948-0010.002
5: DAL: CK18 (CK18) • Accession: D1948-0010.003
6: DAL: CK18 (CK18) • Accession: D1948-0010.004
7: DAL: CK18 (CK18) • Accession: D1948-0010.006
8: FLT: CG23 (CG23) • Accession: D1993-0655.002 • Origin: Canada • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
9: FLT: CG23 (CG23) • Accession: D1993-0655.003 • Origin: Canada • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
10: FLT: CO25 (CO25) • Accession: D2013-0516.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
11: FLT: CO25 (CO25) • Accession: D2013-0529.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
12: GIN: CG18 (CG18) • Accession: D2013-0529.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
13: LKV: CE19 (CE19) • Accession: D2013-0529.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
14: PER: CF20 (CF20) • Accession: D2013-0529.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin

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Picea rubens

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