Picea mariana
North American species of spruce tree / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Black spruce | |
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Stand of black spruce near Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada | |
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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 | |
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The Latin specific epithet mariana means "of the Virgin Mary".[8]