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Siberian Spruce

Picea obovata Ledeb.
Siberian Spruce
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Picea obovata, the Siberian Spruce, is a species of spruce native to Siberia, ranging from the Ural Mountains east to Magadan Oblast and from the Arctic tree line south to the Altay Mountains in northwestern Mongolia. It belongs to the Pinaceae family and was first described in 1833 by Ledeb.

Description

Picea obovata is found in regions including Buryatiya, Chita, East European Russia, Finland, Iceland, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mongolia, Norway, Primorye, and Sweden, among others. It is part of the genus Picea and is commonly known as the Siberian Spruce in English. This species is distributed across a wide area of northern and central Asia and Europe.

Other common names

Siberian Spruce

Distribution

BY · AM · NO · Global · Altay · Amur · Buryatiya · Chita · East European Russia · Finland · Iceland · Irkutsk · Khabarovsk · Krasnoyarsk · Magadan · Mongolia · Norway · Primorye · Sweden · Tuva · West Siberia · Yakutskiya

Synonyms

Pinus obovataPicea wolossowicziiPicea obovata var. pendulaPicea obovata var. argenteaPicea obovata var. brevifoliaPicea obovata var. densifoliaPicea obovata var. kryloviiPicea obovata var. lutescensPicea obovata var. seminskiensisPicea obovata var. tschiketamanicaPicea obovata var. luciferaPicea obovata subsp. kryloviiPicea obovata subsp. tschiketamanicaAbies obovataPinus abies var. obovataAbies excelsa var. obovataPicea excelsa var. obovataPinus abies f. obovataPicea abies var. obovataPicea abies subsp. obovataPicea vulgaris var. altaicaAbies excelsa var. altaicaPicea obovata subsp. petschoricaPinus obovata var. schrenkianaPicea obovata var. coeruleaAbies alpestrisPicea alpestrisPicea petchorica

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