Plants Profile for Picea pungens (blue spruce)

General Information
Symbol:	PIPU
Group:	Gymnosperm
Family:	Pinaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Tree
Native Status:	CAN I L48 N
Other Common Names:	Colorado blue spruce
Characteristics
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, CO, Jefferson Co., Evergreen. July 15, 2001. Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, CO, Summit Co., Gore Creek. July 15, 2001. Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, DC, Washington, USDA ARS National Arboretum. June 13, 2002. Usage Requirements.

Herman, D.E., et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handbook. USDA NRCS ND State Soil Conservation Committee; NDSU Extension and Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck. Provided by ND State Soil Conservation Committee. Provided by USDA NRCS Bismarck PMC (NDPMC). United States, ND. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Washoe Co., Garden. November 16, 2003. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Washoe Co., Garden. November 13, 2003. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Usage Requirements.

Leland J. Prater. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, CO. 1965. Usage Requirements.

K.D. Swan. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, UT. 1935. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
PIPUA	Picea pungens Engelm. f. argentea Beissn.
PIPUG3	Picea pungens Engelm. var. glauca Regel

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Coniferophyta – Conifers
Class	Pinopsida
Order	Pinales
Family	Pinaceae – Pine family
Genus	Picea A. Dietr. – spruce
Species	Picea pungens Engelm. – blue spruce

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FAC
Great Plains	FAC
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC