Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae > Picea > Picea glaucaPicea glauca (Canadian spruce; White spruce; Alberta spruce)Synonyms: Abies alba; Abies alba var. caerulea; Abies alba var. nana; Abies alba var. virescens; Abies arctica; Abies canadensis var. aurea; Abies virescens; Picea abies; Picea acutissima; Picea alba var. foetida; Picea alba var. pendula; Picea canadensis f. parva; Picea canadensis var. albertiana; Picea canadensis var. pendula; Picea glauca f. aurea; Picea glauca f. buxoides; Picea glauca f. caerulea; Picea glauca f. conica; Picea glauca f. glauca; Picea glauca f. nana; Picea glauca f. parva; Picea glauca var. conica; Picea glauca var. pendula; Picea tschugatskoyae; Pinus abies var. alba; Pinus alba var. arctica; Pinus canadensis; Pinus canadensis var. alba; Pinus coerulea; Pinus virescens Language: Chi; Cze; Dut; Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Nor; Rus; Spa Picea glauca, the white spruce, is a species of spruce native to the northern temperate and boreal forests in North America. Picea glauca was originally native from central Alaska all through the east, across southern/central Canada to the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland. It now has become naturalized southward into the far northern USA border states like Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine; there is also an isolated population in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. It is also known as Canadian spruce, skunk spruce, cat spruce, Black Hills spruce, western white spruce, Alberta white spruce, and Porsild spruce. |
Air Quality Improvement [1] | None | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low | Carbon Capture [1] | Low | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | Screening - Winter [2] | Dense | Shade Percentage [1] | 91 % | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium |  | Bloom Period [2] | Late Spring | Drought Tolerance [2] | High | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Fire Tolerance [2] | Low | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | Frost Free Days [2] | 60 days | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Low | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Summer | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | Growth Period [2] | Summer | Growth Rate [2] | Slow | Janka Hardness [4] | 480 lbf (218 kgf) Very Soft | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Pollinators [3] | Wind | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed | Root Depth [2] | 30 inches (76 cm) | Scent [3] | The crushed leaves are quite aromatic. Some people find the smell distasteful saying that it is like skunks, whilst others say it has a pleasant smell like blackcurrants or mouldy grapefruit. | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | Seed Vigor [2] | Low | Seeds Per [2] | 186400 / lb (410941 / kg) | Shape/Orientation [2] | Conical | Specific Gravity [5] | 0.4 | Structure [3] | Tree | Usage [3] | A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting; The cultivar 'Denstat' has been recommended;
The leaves have been burnt to repel insects;
Various native North American Indian tribes made a string from the long roots of this species and used it to stitch the bark of their canoes and to make baskets etc;
The rotten, dried, finely powdered wood has been used as a baby powder and as a treatment for skin rashes;
The bark is a source of tannin;
A yellow-brown dye can be obtained from the rotten wood;
The pitch obtained from the trunk can be used as a waterproofing sealant in canoes;
Wood - straight-grained, resilient, light, soft, not strong. Used for construction and as a source of pulp for paper making; The resonance of the wood, and its capacity to transmit vibrations, make it an ideal wood for guitars, violins, piano soundboards etc; | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | Slow |  | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | Foliage Color [2] | Green | Fruit Color [2] | Brown |  | Height [3] | 49 feet (15 m) | Width [3] | 16.4 feet (5 m) |  | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 2 Low Temperature: -50 F° (-45.6 C°) → -40 F° (-40 C°) | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°) | Light Preference [2] | Mixed Sun/Shade | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [2] | Very Rich | Water Use [1] | Moderate | View Plants For A Future Record : Picea glauca |
Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Acadia National Park |
II |
35996 |
Maine, United States |
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Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Allegheny Portage Railroad Nat'l Hist. Site National Historic Site |
III |
1152 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Banff National Park |
II |
1690912 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Bruce Peninsula National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
II |
234333 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Denali Biosphere Reserve |
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1932364 |
Alaska, United States |
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Elk Island National Park |
II |
47171 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Forillon National Park |
II |
61010 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Gettysburg National Military Park |
V |
3560 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Gros Morne National Park |
II |
476632 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve |
Ib |
571799 |
Michigan, United States |
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Ivvavik National Park |
II |
2382752 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Jasper National Park |
II |
2776809 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Katmai National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
421782 |
Alaska, United States |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Kluane National Park and Reserve National Park Reserve |
II |
5463436 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Kootenay National Park |
II |
341762 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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La Mauricie National Park |
II |
131706 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Lake Clark National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
386679 |
Alaska, United States |
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Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve |
II |
20461 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Morristown National Historical Park |
VI |
1677 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Nahanni National Park Reserve |
II |
1309627 |
Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Nez Perce National Historical Park |
V |
2076 |
Idaho, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pipestone National Monument |
V |
326 |
Minnesota, United States |
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Polar Bear Provincial Park |
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5502026 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Prince Albert National Park |
II |
976762 |
Saskatchewan, Canada |
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Prince Edward Island National Park |
II |
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Prince Edward Island, Canada |
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Pukaskwa National Park |
II |
459860 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
762028 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Terra Nova National Park |
IV |
125894 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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Vuntut National Park |
II |
1076795 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Wapusk National Park |
II |
2614324 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Wind Cave National Park |
II |
29471 |
South Dakota, United States |
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Winisk River Provincial Park |
II |
434735 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Wood Buffalo National Park |
II |
11038545 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Woodland Caribou Provincial Wilderness Park Provincial Park |
II |
1072124 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve |
II |
2196863 |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Yoho National Park |
II |
317576 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 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. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 8Making The Forest And Tundra Wildlife Connection♦ 9Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 10Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-03-21; License: CC BY 4.0
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