Scientific Name:	Picea mariana
Pronunciation:	PYE-see-uh mar-ee-AY-nuh
Common Name:	black spruce (seedling)
Family Name:	Pinaceae
Plant Type:	Conifer
Key ID Features:	Seedlings w. 3-5 cotyledons.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Upright Form: Texture: Mature Size: Height: 22 - 30m Spread: Origin: B.C. east of Cascades, B.C. west of Cascades, Canada - central, Canada - eastern, Canada - northern Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Bog Landscape Uses: Forestry Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Needle-like Arrangement: Spiraled Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Bluish, Dark-green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Acicular Margins: Additional Info: Broad, 1 cm long, stiff, blunt, 4-sided, on peg-like base. Juvenile lvs. slender, no teeth.

Inflorescence Type: n/a Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Colour (petals): Flower Time at Peak:

Fruit Type: n/a Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time:

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Ectomycorrhizae

Propagation:	Seed

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse (NRY) NuRserY Location Map

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