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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
Locations
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
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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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