White Spruce is a large spruce native to the boreal forest of North America, ranging across Canada and Alaska and extending south into the northern United States. It is a cone shaped evergreen tree typically 15 to 30 meters tall, with bluish green, four angled needles that emit a distinctive, sometimes unpleasant odor when crushed, giving rise to regional common names such as Skunk Spruce. White Spruce is one of the dominant tree species of the North American boreal forest and is economically important for lumber and pulpwood production. It is highly cold tolerant, capable of surviving some of the coldest winter temperatures endured by any tree species on the continent.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 3 Living or Extinct Comparison
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Child Taxon Of
Picea, Taxa Source Picea glauca (Wikidata)
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Source White Spruce (Wikipedia)
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1. Picea glauca (Wikipedia)
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Picea glauca, the white spruce, is a species of spruce native to the northern temperate and boreal forests in Canada and United States, North America.
2. GBIF Species API
3. Plants For A Future: Picea glauca
Plants For A FutureMedicinal UsesQuote, Medicinal Uses
White spruce was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes, who valued it especially for treating chest complaints.
4. Picea glauca (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q128116 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Picea, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
View the Source 5. NatureServe Explorer: Picea glauca
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
6. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
7. White Spruce (Wikipedia)
- infobox status=LC
- In Biome: Boreal Forest, Wikipedia intro: "Picea glauca, the white spruce, is a species of spruce native to the northern temperate and boreal forests in Canada and United States, North America. Picea gla..."
View the SourceUNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12514Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12514
"cites_listing":"I/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":"Pinaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Sapins et pins","language":"FR"},{"name":"Firs and pines","language":"EN"},{"name":"Abetos, pinos","language":"ES"},{"name":"松科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
Plant (Wikipedia)
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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