genus
Spruces
Picea
Field notes
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- Norway Spruce introduced
- White Spruce native
- Blue Spruce native
- Sitka Spruce native
- Red Spruce native
- Black Spruce native
- Engelmann Spruce native
- Siberian Spruce
- Serbian Spruce introduced
- Oriental Spruce introduced
- Schrenk's Spruce
- Taiwan Spruce
- Brewer's Spruce native
- Jezo Spruce
- Finnish Spruce
- Interior Spruce
- Morinda Spruce
- Chihuahua Spruce
- Dragon Spruce
- Glehn's Spruce
- Meyer's Spruce
- Likiang Spruce
- Sikkim Spruce
- Korean Spruce
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native spruces All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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White Spruce
Picea glauca
caterpillars
172
hosts
6
food
34
flowers
9
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Black Spruce
Picea mariana
caterpillars
117
hosts
7
food
39
flowers
5
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Red Spruce
Picea rubens
caterpillars
101
hosts
5
food
26
flowers
4
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Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
caterpillars
95
hosts
4
food
27
flowers
3
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Engelmann Spruce
Picea engelmannii
caterpillars
84
hosts
4
food
19
flowers
2
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Sitka Spruce
Picea sitchensis
caterpillars
83
hosts
3
food
18
flowers
2
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Brewer's Spruce
Picea breweriana
caterpillars
34
hosts
3
food
11
flowers
1