Stand of black spruce near Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Gymnospermae
Division:
Pinophyta
Class:
Pinopsida
Order:
Pinales
Family:
Pinaceae
Genus:
Picea
Species:
P. mariana
Binomial name
Picea mariana
(Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenburg
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy
Abies denticulata Michx.
Abies mariana Mill.
Abies nigra (Castigl.) Du Roi
Peuce rubra Rich.
Picea brevifolia Peck
Picea ericoides Bean
Picea nigra (Du Roi) Link
Pinus denticulata (Michx) Muhl.
Pinus mariana (Mill.) Du Roi
Pinus marylandica Antoine
Pinus nigra Aiton 1789 not J.F. Arnold 1785
Picea mariana, the black spruce, is a North American species of spruce tree in the pine family. It is widespread across Canada, found in all 10 provinces and all 3 territories. It is the official tree of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and is that province's most numerous tree. The range of the black spruce extends into northern parts of the United States: in Alaska, the Great Lakes region, and the upper Northeast. It is a frequent part of the biome known as taiga or boreal forest.[3][4][5][6][7]
The Latin specific epithet mariana means "of the Virgin Mary".[8]
^Farjon, A. (2013). "Picea mariana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42328A2972877. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42328A2972877.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^"Picea mariana". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
^Farjon, A. (1990). Pinaceae. Drawings and Descriptions of the Genera. Koeltz Scientific Books. ISBN 3-87429-298-3..
^Rushforth, K. (1987). Conifers. Helm. ISBN 0-7470-2801-X.
^Earle, Christopher J., ed. (2018). "Picea mariana". The Gymnosperm Database.
^Taylor, Ronald J. (1993). "Picea mariana". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 2. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^"Picea mariana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
^Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
Piceamariana, the black spruce, is a North American species of spruce tree in the pine family. It is widespread across Canada, found in all 10 provinces...
A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea (/paɪˈsiː.ə/ py-SEE-ə), a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found...
Shield taiga (of northern Quebec and Labrador) is mostly black spruce Piceamariana and tamarack larch Larix laricina. Evergreen species in the taiga (spruce...
Picea glauca, the white spruce, is a species of spruce native to the northern temperate and boreal forests in North America. Picea glauca is native from...
in heat tolerance and heat shock protein expression in black spruce (Piceamariana). Can. J. For. Res. 25(3):369–375. Key, J.L.; Lin, C.Y.; Chen, Y.M....
by human activity. Southern slopes have some cover of black spruce, Piceamariana, marking the northern limit of those trees. As the global mean temperature...
(help) Hogan, C. Michael (2008), Stromberg, Nicklas (ed.), Black Spruce: Piceamariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, archived from the original on 5 October 2011 Johnsgard...
scattered, stunted stands of black spruce (Piceamariana) and tamarack (Larix laricina), with some white spruce (Picea glauca). The ecoregion lies over the...
restricted to higher elevations. Another species is the black spruce (Piceamariana), which extends farthest north of any conifer in North America, is found...
and lodgepole pine. Instances of the krummholz form of black spruce, Piceamariana, are found in the northern Canadian boreal forests. Krummholz-form black...
phytochem.2004.12.007. PMID 15680990. C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Black Spruce: Piceamariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg Archived October 5, 2011, at the...
peripatric speciation. Red spruce (Picea rubens) has arisen from an isolated population of black spruce (Piceamariana). During the Pleistocene, a population...
tree species in the boreal forest is quite low, with black spruce (Piceamariana), larch or tamarack (Larix laricina), and white spruce (P. glauca) the...
Picea rubens, commonly known as red spruce, is a species of spruce native to eastern North America, ranging from eastern Quebec and Nova Scotia, west...
exposure. Pleurozium schreberi carpeting the floor of black spruce (Piceamariana) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea) forest in New Brunswick, Canada. Edwards...
commonly occurs in northern subarctic taiga forests of black spruce (Piceamariana) under which discontinuous permafrost or ice wedges have melted, causing...
America Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) Black Spruce (Piceamariana; rarely) Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Grand Fir...
Peninsula represents the near westernmost limit of the Black Spruce, Piceamariana, one of the most widespread conifers in northern North America. The...
Global Information
