spruces
Picea
A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea /paɪˈsiːə/, a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the earth. Spruces are large trees, from about 20–60 m (about 60–200 ft) tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical form. The needles, or leaves, of spruces are attached singly to the branches in a spiral fashion,...
42 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Norway spruce
speciesPicea abies
white spruce
speciesPicea glauca
blue spruce
speciesPicea pungens
Sitka spruce
speciesPicea sitchensis
red spruce
speciesPicea rubens
black spruce
speciesPicea mariana
Engelmann spruce
speciesPicea engelmannii
Siberian spruce
speciesPicea obovata
Serbian spruce
speciesPicea omorika
Oriental spruce
speciesPicea orientalis
Taiwan spruce
speciesPicea morrisonicola
Schrenk's spruce
speciesPicea schrenkiana
Brewer's spruce
speciesPicea breweriana
Jezo spruce
speciesPicea jezoensis
finnish spruce
hybridPicea × fennica
Interior Spruce
hybridPicea × albertiana
Morinda spruce
speciesPicea smithiana
Chihuahua spruce
speciesPicea chihuahuana
dragon spruce
speciesPicea asperata
Glehn's spruce
speciesPicea glehnii
Likiang spruce
speciesPicea likiangensis
Meyer's spruce
speciesPicea meyeri
Sikkim spruce
speciesPicea spinulosa
Korean spruce
speciesPicea koraiensis
Wilson's spruce
speciesPicea wilsonii
Lutz's spruce
hybridPicea × lutzii
Sargent's spruce
speciesPicea brachytyla
tiger-tail spruce
speciesPicea polita
Martinez's spruce
speciesPicea martinezii
purple-coned spruce
speciesPicea purpurea
Qinghai spruce
speciesPicea crassifolia
Koyama's spruce
speciesPicea koyamae
Alcock's spruce
speciesPicea alcoquiana
Tapao Shan spruce
speciesPicea retroflexa
Linzhi spruce
speciesPicea linzhiensis
Veitch's spruce
speciesPicea neoveitchii
Maximowicz's spruce
speciesPicea maximowiczii
Farrer's spruce
speciesPicea farreri
Picea × notha
hybridPicea × notha
Picea × mariorika
hybridPicea × mariorika
orange spruce
speciesPicea aurantiaca
Picea austropanlanica
speciesPicea austropanlanica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
De rerum varietate
Cardano, Girolamo · 1557 · p.242
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.328
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.179
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.28
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.796
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.27
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.872
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.45
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.51
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