§1 Plant
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
vernacular white spruce — species · Pinaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Family
- Pinaceae Spreng. ex Rudolphi
- Genus
- Picea
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 158 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -65 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 60 min.
- Precipitation
- 7–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–8.2
- Root depth
- 30 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 100 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 186,400
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 158 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Bristol Bay 02060
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Idaho view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Houghton 26061
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Marshall 27089
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Wabasha 27157
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Kewaunee 55061
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PIGL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5284745 ↗Record version
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