Picea brachytyla

Pinaceae Picea brachytyla (Franch.) E. Pritz.

Etymology
Picea refers to the classical names for spruces.
brachytyla refers to ‘with short knots’; indicating the short pulvini at the base of the needles.

Colloquial Name
Sargent’s spruce

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Picea brachytyla:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-HU, CHC-SC, CHC-YN, CHN, CHN-GS, CHN-SA, CHT, 4, 40, EHM, EHM-AP, 41, MYA

Habitat
The natural habitats for Picea brachytyla are temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 3800 up to 3800 metres. Other conifers associated with Picea brachytyla are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Picea brachytyla is hardy to USDA Zone 8 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -12.2C (10F) to -6.7C (20F).

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

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.1 Agriculture & Forestry
  • 1.2 Urban & Infrastructure Development
• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting
• 5 Natural System Modifications
  • 5.1 Fire & Fire Suppression
  • 5.3 Other Ecosystem Modifications

IUCN Category – VU
According to the IUCN Red List, Picea brachytyla has been assigned the status of VU(Vulnerable). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species qualifies as Vulnerable and is of risk.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Picea brachytyla is Subsect. Omorikae. The coordinate taxa for Picea brachytyla are therefore:

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