Introductory
SPECIES: Picea rubens | Red Spruce 



ABBREVIATION : 
PICRUB

SYNONYMS : 
   Picea rubra (Du Roi) Link
   Picea australis Small
   Picea nigra var. rubra Engelmann.


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   PIRU


COMMON NAMES : 
   red spruce
   yellow spruce
   West Virginia spruce
   eastern spruce
   he-balsam
   blue spruce


TAXONOMY : 
The accepted scientific name for red spruce is Picea rubens Sarg.  There
are no subspecies, varieties, or forms [48,64].

Natural hybrids with black spruce (P. mariana) have been reported
[9,48].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Janet Sullivan, May 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Sullivan, Janet. 1993. Picea rubens. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Picea rubens | Red Spruce