Picea mariana

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Picea mariana is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Species: Picea mariana

Name

Picea mariana (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 71 (1888).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Abies mariana Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 5 (1768).
- Pinus canadensis var. nigricans Weston, Bot. Univ. 1: 211 (1770).
- Pinus mariana (Mill.) Münchh., Hausvater 5(1): 224 (1770).
- Pinus nigra Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 370 (1789), nom. illeg.
- Pinus canadensis var. nigra Castigl., Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 315 (1790).
- Abies nigra (Castigl.) Du Roi, Harbk. Baumz., ed. 2, 2: 182 (1800).
- Abies denticulata Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 206 (1803).
- Peuce rubra Rich., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 16: 298 (1810).
- Pinus denticulata (Michx.) Muhl., Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 89 (1813).
- Abies nigra var. nana Jacques, Ann. Fl. Pomone 5: 328 (1836), nom. nud.
- Picea nigra (Castigl.) Link, Handbuch 2: 478 (1841).
- Pinus marylandica Antoine, Coniferen: 88 (1841), not validly publ.
- Picea nigra var. doumetii Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 242 (1855).
- Picea nigra var. fastigiata Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 242 (1855).
- Abies nigra var. pumila Knight ex Gordon & Glend., Pinetum: 8 (1858).
- Picea nigra var. nana Beissn. in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 441 (1884).
- Picea brevifolia Peck, Spruces Adirondacks: 13 (1897).
- Picea brevifolia var. semiprostrata Peck, Spruces Adirondacks: 13 (1897).
- Picea nigra var. semiprostrata (Peck) Brainerd, L.R.Jones & Eggl., Rep. (Annual) Vermont Agric. Exp. Sta. 1900: 6 (1900).
- Picea nigra var. brevifolia (Peck) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1334 (1901).
- Picea nigra var. virgata Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1334 (1901).
- Picea nigra pendula Schwer., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 12: 94 (1903).
- Picea mariana var. brevifolia (Peck) Rehder, Rhodora 9: 109 (1907).
- Picea mariana f. semiprostrata (Peck) S.F.Blake, Rhodora 15: 200 (1913).
- Picea ericoides Bean, Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 160 (1914).
- Picea mariana f. nana (Beissn.) Rehder, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 24: 214 (1915 publ. 1915).
- Picea mariana f. fastigiata (Carrière) Rehder, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 24: 213 (1915 publ. 1916).
- Picea mariana var. beissneri Rehder, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 24: 213 (1915).
- Picea mariana f. fastigiata Rehder, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 24: 213 (1915).
- Picea mariana var. fastigiata (Rehder) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5: 2619 (1916).
- Picea mariana f. ericoides (Bean) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 193 (1920).
- Picea nigra var. pendula-variegata Hornibr., Dwarf Conifers: 124 (1923).
- Picea mariana f. grisea Vict., Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montréal 10: 16 (1927).
- Picea mariana f. squamea Vict., Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montréal 10: 17 (1927).
- Picea mariana var. pendula (Schwer.) Fitschen in L.Beissner, Handb. Nadelholzk., ed. 3: 249 (1930).
- Picea mariana var. pendula-variegata (Hornibr.) Fitschen in L.Beissner, Handb. Nadelholzk., ed. 3: 251 (1930).
- Picea mariana f. doumetii (Carrière) O.L.Lipa, Dendrofl. URSR 1: 82 (1939).
- Picea mariana f. empetroides Vict. & J.Rousseau, Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 12 (1940).
- Picea mariana f. beissneri (Rehder) Rehder, Bibl. Cult. Trees: 25 (1949).
- Picea mariana var. semiprostrata (Peck) Teeri, Rhodora 71: 1 (1969).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Picea mariana

Northern America
- Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec.
- North-Central U.S.A
  - Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
- Northeastern U.S.A
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.

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

References

Additional references

Taylor, R.J. 1993. Picea mariana. Pp. 370 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, XVI, 475 pp. ISBN 0-19-508242-7. efloras FNA Website Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page.
Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. 2. ed., 309 pp. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0 Reference page.
Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page.

Links

Farjon, A. 2013. Picea mariana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42328A2972877.en.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Picea mariana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Picea mariana. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Picea mariana. Accessed: 20 March 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Picea mariana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page.

Vernacular names

dansk: Sort-Gran
Deutsch: Schwarz-Fichte
English: Black Spruce
eesti: Must kuusk
suomi: Mustakuusi
français: Épinette noire
norsk: Svartgran
polski: Świerk czarny
svenska: Svartgran
Türkçe: Kara ladin

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