School of Horticulture
Plant Database
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Scientific Name: | Picea mariana |
Pronunciation: | PYE-see-uh mar-ee-AY-nuh |
Common Name: | black spruce |
Family Name: | Pinaceae |
Plant Type: | Conifer |
Key ID Features: | Needles 0.6-1.5(2) cm, 4-angled in cross section, rigid, pale blue-green, glaucous, bearing stomates on all surfaces, apex mostly blunt-tipped; female cones 1.5-2.5(-4) cm, scales fan-shaped, broadest near apex, 8-12 × 8-12 mm, dark purple ripening purple-brown (Conifers.org). Seedlings with 3-5 cotyledons. |
Course(s): | HORT 1193/1293 |
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Propagation: | Seed |
Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse (NRY) NuRserY Location Map |