Pinaceae Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carrière
Etymology
Picea refers to the classical names for spruces.
sitchensis refers to ‘from Sitka’, a port in Alaska; indicating its habtiat.
Colloquial Name
Sitka spruce
Distribution
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TDWG Codes
7, 70, ASK, 71, BRC, 73, ORE, WAS, 76, CAL
Habitat
The natural habitats for Picea sitchensis are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Picea sitchensis that are known of.
USDA Hardiness zone – 7
Picea sitchensis is hardy to USDA Zone 7 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -17.8C (0F) to -12.2C (10F).
Species Continuity
The population trend for Picea sitchensis is stable. There are ongoing threats for Picea sitchensis and they are listed as follows:
IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Picea sitchensis 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 sitchensis is Subsect. Sitchenses. The coordinate taxa for Picea sitchensis are therefore:
Picea sitchensis is further placed under Pinoideae. Picea sitchensis is also placed under Pinaceae.
Cultivars
‘Aurea’, ‘Bedakesa’, ‘Bentham’s Sunlight’, ‘Brigitte’, ‘Christine Berkau’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Foxtail’, ‘Fritsche Broom’, ‘Gelert’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Haida’, ‘Jeddeloh’, ‘Kalous WB’, ‘Microphylla’, ‘Midget’, ‘Mirage’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nana Oltmans’ , ‘Papoose’, ‘Peve Wiesje’, ‘Point Loma Lowboy’, ‘Rayner’s Rescue’, ‘Renken’, ‘Romo’, ‘Silberzwerg’, ‘Snake’, ‘Speciosa’, ‘Strypemonde’, ‘Sugarloaf’, ‘Tannhoft’, ‘Tenas’, ‘Thomas’, ‘Trinket’, ‘Vápenka’, ‘Virgata’
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