Black Spruce
Picea mariana
Summary 2
Picea mariana (Black Spruce) is a species of spruce native to northern North America, from Newfoundland west to Alaska, and south to northern New York, Minnesota and central British Columbia. This area is also known as the taiga forest, in the Taiga and Boreal forests biome.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/32005048@N06/3899164918
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picea_mariana
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
iNat Map
| Leaves | needles |
|---|---|
| Habitat moisture | mesic/medium, wetland/floodplain |
| Temperature preference | cold mountains & hollows |
