Picea rubens, Great Smoky Mountains, USA
Picea rubens strobilus; Maine, USA
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Picea rubens is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Pinales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Species: Picea rubens

Name

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Picea rubens Sarg., Silva N. Amer. 12: 33 (1898).

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Pinus acutissima Münchh., Hausvater 5(1): 225 (1770).
      • Picea acutissima (Münchh.) J.G.Jack, Gard. & Forest 10: 63 (1897).
    • Pinus canadensis var. rubescens Weston, Bot. Univ. 1: 211 (1770).
    • Pinus mariana var. rubra Du Roi, Diss. Inaug. Obs. Bot.: 39 (1771).
      • Abies rubra (Du Roi) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 520 (1804).
      • Pinus rubra (Du Roi) D.Don in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus, ed. 2, 2: 43 (1828).
      • Picea rubra (Du Roi) Link, Handbuch 2: 478. 1831).
      • Picea nigra var. rubra (Du Roi) Engelm., Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 334 (1879).
    • Pinus americana Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 60 (1790).
    • Pinus rubra var. violacea Endl., Syn. Conif.: 114 (1847.
    • Picea rubra var. pendula Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 323 (1867).
    • Abies americana K.Koch, Dendrol. 2(2): 241 (1873.
    • Picea rubra var. pusilla Peck, Spruces Adirondacks: 10 (1897).
    • Picea australis Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 30 (1903).
    • Picea rubra f. virgata Rehder, Rhodora 9: 110 1907).
      • Picea rubra var. virgata (Rehder) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5: 2619 (1916).
    • Picea americana Suringar, Meded. Rijks-Herb. 55: 47 (1928).
    • Picea rubens f. virgata Fernald & Weath., Rhodora 34: 211 (1932).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec.
    • Northeastern U.S.A
      • Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, St. Pierre Miquelon, Vermont, West Virginia.
    • Southeastern U.S.A
      • North Carolina, Tennessee.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names

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Atikamekw: Oskisk
azərbaycanca: Qırmızı küknar
Deutsch: Amerikanische Rot-Fichte
English: Red Spruce
suomi: Punakuusi
français: Épinette rouge
íslenska: Brúngreni
Lëtzebuergesch: Amerikanesch Routfiicht
lietuvių: Raudonoji eglė
norsk: Rødgran
polski: Świerk czerwony
русский: Ель красная
Türkçe: Kırmızı ladin
Tiếng Việt: Vân sam đỏ
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