Picea pungens Engelm.
Colorado spruce, blue spruce, Colorado blue spruce
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
Division | Coniferophyta | Conifers—cone-bearing trees (and a few shrubs) |
Class | Pinopsida | Gymnosperms such as cedars, Douglas-firs, cypresses, firs, junipers, kauri, larches, pines, hemlocks, redwoods, spruces, and yews |
Order | Pinales | Cone-bearing plants: cedar, cypress, fir, juniper, larch, pine, redwood, spruce, yew, and others |
Family | Pinaceae | Pine family: cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces |
Genus | Picea | Spruce; means “pitch” |
Species | pungens | Spiny, sharp-pointed |
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Picea pungens Engelm. f. argentea Beissn.
Picea pungens Engelm. var. glauca Regel
Picea pungens description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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6/16/2013 · Birch Point State Park, Owl’s Head, Maine ≈ 19 × 12" (47 × 31 cm) 

6/16/2013 · Birch Point State Park, Owl’s Head, Maine ≈ 19 × 12" (47 × 31 cm) 
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