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Picea glauca
FamilyGenus: Picea
About this species
A tall evergreen conifer, introduced and established in Great Britain, with small needles and tiny seeds. Pollen is shed in late spring.
Annual cycle
This evergreen tree sheds pollen in May and June.
Standort & Merkmale
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Bloom time
Mai – Jun
Growth form
Baum
Woodiness
Verholzt
Leaf type
Nadelblättrig
Leaf phenology
Immergrün
Plant height
25.835 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Scientific profile
Picea glauca is a coniferous tree in the pine family (Pinaceae). It is an introduced and established species in Great Britain. Plants are evergreen with needle-like leaves, each leaf having an area of about 24 mm². Mature individuals can reach a height of approximately 25.8 m. The small, winged seeds have a mass of around 2.45 mg. Flowering, in the form of pollen release from male strobili, takes place from May to June.
Sources & data origin
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•TRY v6.0 / Dataset 516 Czech flora flowering months (via public Request 47350) — CC BY 4.0Data delivery and licence basis: TRY request 47350 (Public, Data Released, TRY v6.0; 2026-02-15) under current TRY public-trait IP Guidelines. Cite TRY: Kattge et al. (2020), doi:10.1111/gcb.14904. Attribute original reference: Kaplan, Z. et al. (eds.) (2019). Klíč ke květeně České republiky, 2nd ed., Academia, Praha.
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
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