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Picea brachytyla (Sargent Spruce; Sargent's spruce)

Synonyms: Picea brachytyla f. latisquama; Picea brachytyla f. rhombisquamea; Picea brachytyla var. latisquamea
Language: Chi; Fre; Ita; Rus

Wikipedia Abstract

Picea brachytyla is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family.It is found only in China.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Picea brachytyla

Infraspecies

Picea brachytyla var. brachytyla (Sargent's Spruce)
Picea brachytyla var. complanata
Picea brachytyla var. rhombisquamea

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Picea brachytyla

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
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]  0.437
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Wood - soft, not strong. Used for general construction; It is also valued for its use in the pulp industry to make paper; The timber is used for construction, aircraft, machines, and wood pulp;
Height [2]  131 feet (40 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Picea brachytyla

Predators

Cinara piceae[4]
Cydia strobilella[4]
Elatobium abietinum (Spruce aphid)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 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
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