Taxon: Picea glauca (Moench) Voss

Genus:

Picea

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

28291

Place of publication:

Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16:93. 1907

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

12-may-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 25-mar-2003

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Abies canadensis Mill.
(=) Picea albertiana S. Br.
(=) Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton et al.
(=) Picea glauca f. aurea (J. Nelson) Rehder
(=) Picea glauca var. albertiana (S. Br.) Sarg.
(=) Picea glauca var. conica Rehder
(=) Picea glauca var. densata L. H. Bailey
Basionym: Pinus glauca Moench
(=) Pinus laxa Ehrh.

Common names:

Alberta white spruce (Source: Man Conif) - English
American white spruce (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2) - English
Black Hills spruce (Source: F GPlains) - English
Canadian spruce (Source: HerbSpices) - English
Porsild spruce (Source: F NAmer) - English
western white spruce (Source: F NAmer) - English
white spruce (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
épinette blanche (Source: HerbSpices) - French
Schimmelfichte (Source: Zander ed14) - German
Weißfichte (Source: HerbSpices) - German
picea glauca (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
vitgran (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Hortus 3)
Materials: essential oils (fide HerbSpices)
Materials: wood (fide AH 519)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
Social: religious/secular (Christmas tree fide AH 519)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory] United States [Alaska]
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire (n.), New York (n.), Vermont (n.)]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Minnesota (n.), South Dakota (s.w.), Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Montana (n.w.), Wyoming (n.)]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978 (AH 519)
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association) Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
Ouden, P. den & B. K. Boom Manual of cultivated conifers. 1965 (Man Conif)

Check other web resources for Picea glauca (Moench) Voss :

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28291. Accessed 14 mayo 2024.