Picea mariana
Picea mariana (Mill.) Britton Sterns & Poggenb.
Black 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 | mariana | Means “from Maryland” |
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7/12/2015 · Mt. Kearsarge, Wilmot/Warner, NH 

9/20/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME ≈ 31 × 21" (78 × 52 cm) 

7/13/2015 · Mt. Mansfield, Stowe/Cambridge, VT ≈ 5 × 8" (13 × 19 cm) 

9/7/2013 · Beech Hill, Dublin, NH ≈ 12 × 8" (31 × 21 cm) 

7/13/2015 · Mt. Mansfield, Stowe/Cambridge, VT ≈ 8 × 5" (19 × 13 cm) 

9/7/2013 · Beech Hill, Dublin, NH ≈ 8 × 5" (19 × 13 cm) 
Picea mariana description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 12 Oct 2018.
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11/1/2011 

9/7/2013 · Beech Hill, Dublin, NH ≈ 4 × 2½' (1.2 × 0.8 m) 

7/13/2015 · Mt. Mansfield, Stowe/Cambridge, VT ≈ 7 × 4½" (18 × 12 cm) 

9/7/2013 · Beech Hill, Dublin, NH ≈ 8 × 5" (19 × 13 cm) 

7/13/2015 · Mt. Mansfield, Stowe/Cambridge, VT ≈ 8 × 6" (20 × 14 cm) 

7/13/2015 · Mt. Mansfield, Stowe/Cambridge, VT ≈ 8 × 5" (19 × 13 cm) 

9/7/2013 · Beech Hill, Dublin, NH 
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