Picea glauca: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

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Family Pinaceae
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
white spruce
Picea: Classical Latin name for "pine"
glauca: Greek meaning "grayish or bluish-green"

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Status:	Native
Plant:	perennial, 50'-60' tall, evergreen tree; stems hairless, branchlets not drooping
Fruit:	1-2" long cones, dropping when ripe
Leaf:	3/8-3/4" blue-green needles
Habitat:	dry to dry-medium; uplands
(Glossary)

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Synonyms

Abies canadensis Mill.
Picea alba (Aiton) Link
Picea albertiana S.Br.
Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. glauca (Moench) Sudw.
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss var. albertiana (S.Br.) Sarg.
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss var. densata L.H.Bailey
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss var. porsildii Raup
Pinus alba Aiton
Pinus glauca Moench

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