Picea glauca var. glauca

Pinaceae Picea glauca var. glauca (Moench) Voss

Etymology
Picea refers to the classical names for spruces.
glauca refers to ‘blue-green’; indicating the colour of its foliage.

Colloquial Name
White spruce, Canadian spruce

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Picea glauca:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 70, ASK, NUN, NWT, YUK, 71, ABT, BRC, MAN, SAS, 72, LAB, NBR, NFL, NFL-NE, NFL-SP, NSC, ONT, PEI, QUE, 73, MNT, 74, MIN, SDA, WIS, 75, MAI, MIC, NWH, NWY

Habitat
The natural habitats for Picea glauca var. glauca are boreal forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1 up to 2100 metres. There are no conifers associated with Picea glauca var. glauca that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 2
Picea glauca var. glauca is hardy to USDA Zone 2 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -45.6C (-50F) to -40C (-40F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Picea glauca var. glauca is unknown. There are no known threats for Picea glauca var. glauca.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Picea glauca var. glauca 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 glauca is Series Picea. The coordinate taxa for Picea glauca are therefore:

Picea glauca var. glauca is further placed under Pinoideae. Picea glauca var. glauca is also placed under Pinaceae.