Picea sitchensis, Hoh Valley, Olympic NP, Washington, USA
Picea sitchensis, Coos Bay, Oregon, USA
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Picea sitchensis 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 sitchensis

Name

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Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif. 260 (1855).

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Pinus sitchensis Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 164 (1832).
  • Homotypic
    • Abies sitchensis (Bong.) Lindl. & Gordon, J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 212 (1850).
  • Heterotypic
    • Abies falcata Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 119. 1832.
    • Abies menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Lindl., Penny Cyclop. 1: 32 (1833), nom. illeg.
    • Abies merkiana Fisch. ex Parl. in De Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 418 (1868).
    • Abies trigona Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 119 (1832).
    • Picea falcata (Raf.) J.V.Suringar, Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool 30: 49 (1927).
    • Picea grandis Gordon, Pinetum: 155. 1858, nom. illeg.
    • Picea menziesii (Douglas ex D.Don) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 237 (1855).
    • Picea menziesii var. crispa (Antoine) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 237 (1855).
    • Picea sitchensis f. speciosa Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 293 (1891).
    • Pinus menziesii Douglas ex D.Don in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus, ed. 2, 3: 161 (1837), nom. rej.
    • Pinus menziesii var. crispa Antoine, Coniferen: 86. 1841.
    • Sequoia rafinesquei Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 213 (1867).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska.
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia.
    • Northwestern U.S.A
      • Oregon, Washington.
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California.

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

References

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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dansk: Sitka-Gran
Deutsch: Sitka-Fichte
English: Sitka Spruce
suomi: Sitkankuusi
français: Épinette de Sitka
magyar: Szitka luc
Nederlands: Sitkaspar
Türkçe: Sitka ladini
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