Picea rubens

Pinaceae Picea rubens Sarg.

Etymology
Picea refers to the classical names for spruces.
rubens refers to ‘red’; indicating the colour of its immature seed cones.

Colloquial Name
Red spruce

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 72, NBR, NFL, NFL-SP, NSC, ONT, PEI, QUE, 75, CNT, MAI, MAS, NWH, NWJ, NWY, PEN, VER, WVA, 78, NCA, TEN, VRG

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 3
Picea rubens is hardy to USDA Zone 3 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -40C (-40F) to -34.4C (-30F).

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

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

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

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