Picea orientalis

Pinaceae Picea orientalis (L.) Peterm.

Etymology
Picea refers to the classical names for spruces.
orientalis refers to ‘oriental’; indicating its eastern (compared to western Europe) habitat.

Colloquial Name
Oriental spruce, Caucasian spruce

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 33, NCS, NCS-KB, NCS-KC, NCS-SO, TCS, TCS-AR, TCS-GR, 34, TUR

Habitat
The natural habitats for Picea orientalis are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Picea orientalis that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 5
Picea orientalis is hardy to USDA Zone 5 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -28.9C (-20F) to -23.3C (-10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Picea orientalis is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Picea orientalis and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting
• 5 Natural System Modifications
  • 5.2 Water Management & Dams

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Picea orientalis has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Picea orientalis is Series Rubentes. The coordinate taxa for Picea orientalis are therefore:

Picea orientalis is further placed under Pinoideae. Picea orientalis is also placed under Pinaceae.

Cultivars
‘Aebel Skylands Seedling’, ‘Atrovirens’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aurea Compacta’, ‘Aureospicata’, ‘Barnes’, ‘Bergman’s Gem’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Connecticut Turnpike’, ‘Daureas’, ‘Doverside Pendula’, ‘Early Gold’, ‘Eddie Rezek’, ‘Eese’, ‘Fat Boy’, ‘Ferny Creek Prostrate’, ‘Filip’s Little Mound’, ‘Flatso’, ‘Golden Start’, ‘Gowdy’, ‘Gracilis’, ‘Green Knight’, ‘Holenka’, ‘Juwel’, ‘Kenwith’, ‘Knaptonensis’, ‘Kolaga’, ‘Leden’, ‘Lemon Spreader’, ‘Losely’, ‘M3 Witches’ Broom No. 1’, ‘M3 Witches’ Broom No. 2’, ‘Minima Wells’, ‘Mount Vernon’, ‘Murphy’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nigra’, ‘Nigra Compacta’, ‘Nutans’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Professor Langner’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Raraflora Monstrosa’, ‘Reynolds’, ‘Reynolds No. 1’, ‘Reynolds No. 2’, ‘Schovenhorst’, ‘Semivirgata’, ‘Shadow’s Broom’, ‘Silver Seedling’, ‘Skylands’, ‘Skylands Seedling’, ‘Spring Frost’, ‘Spring Grove’, ‘Stovezand’, ‘Sulphur Flush’, ‘Tom Thumb Gold’, ‘Van Speybrock’, ‘Viminalis’, ‘Wansdyke’, ‘Weeping Dwarf’, ‘Witches’ Broom No. 1’, ‘Witches’ Broom No. 2’, ‘Wittboldt’, ‘Wittboldt Compact’