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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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