Taxon

Picea rubens

 
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Picea rubens - red spruce
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - Dawes Arboretum
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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: Flora of North America (eFloras.org) • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture • World Flora Online

Locations

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