Picea — 16 species
Botanical species in the genus Picea recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Picea abies
Picea abies
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
A very cold-hardy tree when fully dormant, though the young shoots are subject to injury by late frosts, though less so than Picea sitchensis. Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Succeeds in most soils including those that are wet cold and shallow, but it is not very wind-firm in shallow soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea asperata
Picea asperata
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Succeeds in wet cold and shallow soils but is not very wind-firm in shallow soils. This species prefers a dry cold high mountain site.
Full cultivation guide →Picea brachytyla
Picea brachytyla
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils. Succeeds in wet cold and shallow soils but is not very wind-firm in shallow soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea breweriana
Picea breweriana
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils. Succeeds in wet cold and shallow soils but is not very wind-firm in shallow soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea engelmannii
Picea engelmannii
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils. Succeeds in wet cold and shallow soils but is not very wind-firm in shallow soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea glehnii
Picea glehnii
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils. Succeeds in wet cold and shallow soils but is not very wind-firm in shallow soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea jezoensis
Picea jezoensis
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils. Succeeds in wet cold and shallow soils but is not very wind-firm in shallow soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea laxa
Picea laxa
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Picea laxa is a very cold-hardy plant, able to tolerate temperatures down to around -40°c when fully dormant. Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea mariana
Picea mariana
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils. Succeeds in wet cold and shallow soils but is not very wind-firm in shallow soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea omorika
Picea omorika
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Picea omorika is a very cold-hardy plant, able to tolerate temperatures down to around -25°c when fully dormant. Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea orientalis
Picea orientalis
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Picea orientalis is a very cold-hardy plant, able to tolerate temperatures down to around -25°c when fully dormant. Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea pungens
Picea pungens
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils. Prefers a cold dry high mountain site.
Full cultivation guide →Picea purpurea
Picea purpurea
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils. Tolerates various sites.
Full cultivation guide →Picea rubens
Picea rubens
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil. Tolerates poor peaty soils. Succeeds in wet cold and shallow soils but is not very wind-firm in shallow soils.
Full cultivation guide →Picea sitchensis
Picea sitchensis
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
Picea sitchensis occurs from tidewater up to steep mountain sides in Alaska and British Columbia, generally to ca. 900 m a.s.l. (highest record 1,189 m), always in proximity to oceanic weather. The soils are variable, usually with a thick humus layer. The climate is very humid, annual precipitation ranges from 1300 mm to 3750 mm, the winters are moderate (in coastal Alaska snow in winter usually stays only above 200 m).
Full cultivation guide →Picea smithiana
Picea smithiana
Family: Pinaceae
Cultivation
The climate is moist monsoon, with abundant precipitation in two rainy seasons, but becoming gradually drier in the western parts of the range. Some of the precipitation falls as snow which accumulates over winter. Likes abundant moisture at the roots, if grown in drier areas it must be given a deep moist soil.
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