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Taxon:  Picea glauca (Moench) Voss



Summary
Genus:
Picea
Family:
Pinaceae
Nomen number:
28291
Place of publication:
Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16:93. 1907
Verified:
05/12/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pinus glauca Moench

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Abies canadensis Mill.
Picea albertiana S. Br.
Picea canadensis (Mill.) Britton et al.
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss f. aurea (J. Nelson) Rehder
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss var. albertiana (S. Br.) Sarg.
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss var. conica Rehder
Picea glauca (Moench) Voss var. densata L. H. Bailey
Pinus laxa Ehrh.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  3. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  6. Farjon, A. Pinaceae: Drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Regnum Veg. 121. 1990
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  8. Foster, S. & J. A. Duke. A field guide to medicinal plants: Eastern/Central North America, 2nd ed. 2000
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  10. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971
  11. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  12. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  13. Little, E. L., Jr. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. 1979
  14. Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978
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Common names
English
Alberta white spruce –
American white spruce –
Black Hills spruce –
Canadian spruce –
Porsild spruce –
western white spruce –
white spruce –
French
épinette blanche –
German
Schimmelfichte –
Weißfichte –
Italian
picea glauca –
Swedish
vitgran –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNew Brunswick 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNewfoundland 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNova Scotia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaPrince Edward Island 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuebec 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMinnesota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesWisconsin 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaine 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Hampshire 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesVermont 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaCanadaNorthwest Territory 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaCanadaYukon Territory 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaUnited StatesAlaska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlberta 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaManitoba 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaSaskatchewan 
2Cultivated     
Native
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Montana, Wyoming]
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory], United States [Alaska]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Materialsessential oils Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
Materialswood Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Socialreligious/secular Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=28291. Accessed 5 April 2026.


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