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Picea mariana

black spruce

Other common names

bog spruce
Canadian black spruce
see moredouble spruce
red fir

Synonyms

Picea nigra

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Botanical details

Family: Pinaceae
Native to GB / Ireland: No
Genus: Picea
Genus description: Picea are evergreen trees with rigid, needle-like leaves arranged singly all round the shoots, and narrow, leathery-scaled cones borne near the ends of the shoots
Name status: Correct

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