Picea mariana

Black spruce
Stand of black spruce near Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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  2. ^ "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 Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  3. ^ Farjon, A. (1990). Pinaceae. Drawings and Descriptions of the Genera. Koeltz Scientific Books. ISBN 3-87429-298-3..
  4. ^ Rushforth, K. (1987). Conifers. Helm. ISBN 0-7470-2801-X.
  5. ^ Earle, Christopher J., ed. (2018). "Picea mariana". The Gymnosperm Database.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Picea mariana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  8. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.