Picea smithiana

Pinaceae Picea smithiana (Wall.) Boiss.

Etymology
Picea refers to the classical names for spruces.
smithiana refers to J. E. Smith, who was founder of the Linnean Society of London.

Colloquial Name
Indian spruce, West Himalayan spruce, Morinda spruce

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 34, AFG, 36, CHT, 4, 40, NEP, PAK, WHM, WHM-HP, WHM-JK, WHM-UT

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 7
Picea smithiana 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 smithiana is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Picea smithiana 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 smithiana 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 smithiana is Series Picea. The coordinate taxa for Picea smithiana are therefore:

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

Cultivars
‘Aurea’, ‘Ballarat’, ‘Himalaya Hexe’, ‘Pakistan’, ‘Sunray’