Picea pungens (Colorado spruce)

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Picea pungens Engelm.

Colorado spruce, blue spruce, Colorado blue spruce

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Picea pungens Engelm. f. argentea Beissn.
Picea pungens Engelm. var. glauca Regel

6/16/2013 · Birch Point State Park, Owl’s Head, Maine · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (47 × 31 cm)

4/25/2021 · Highland Green, Topsham, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 8.7 cm)

6/16/2013 · Birch Point State Park, Owl’s Head, Maine · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (47 × 31 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
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 description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.