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Picea asperata (Dragon spruce)

Synonyms: Picea apserata
Language: Chi; Chinese; Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Rus

Wikipedia Abstract

Picea asperata (dragon spruce; Chinese: yun shan) is a spruce native to western China, from eastern Qinghai, southern Gansu and southwestern Shaanxi south to western Sichuan.
View Wikipedia Record: Picea asperata

Infraspecies

Picea asperata var. asperata (Dragon Spruce)
Picea asperata var. notabilis
Picea asperata var. ponderosa

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Picea asperata

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  High
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium
Shade Percentage [1]  91 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  High
Wind Reduction [1]  High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Specific Gravity [3]  0.308
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Wood - soft, not strong. Used in general construction; It is also valued for its use in the pulp industry to make paper; The timber is used for construction, aircraft, railway sleepers, furniture, and wood fiber; The trunk is used for producing resin; The roots, branches, and leaves are used for producing aromatic oils;
Height [2]  131 feet (40 m)
Width [1]  30 feet (9.2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate
View Plants For A Future Record : Picea asperata

Predators

External References

Citations

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♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0