Definition of Picea mariana

1. Noun. Small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood.

Exact synonyms: Black Spruce, Spruce Pine
Generic synonyms: Spruce

Lexicographical Neighbors of Picea Mariana

Picardie
Picards
Picardy
Picatinny rail
Piccadilly
Piccadilly Circus
Picchini
Picea abies
Picea breweriana
Picea engelmannii
Picea glauca
Picea mariana (current term)
Picea obovata
Picea orientalis
Picea pungens
Picea rubens
Picea sitchensis
Pichileminian
Pichileminians
Pichilemo
Pichilemu
Pichilemu City
Picidae
Pick's atrophy
Pick's bodies
Pick's bundle

Literary usage of Picea mariana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The white wood is now much in demand for making paper. The pale leaves and bark give the tree its name THE BLACK SPRUCE (Picea mariana) ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1905)
"of this lake grow Sorbus americana, Picea mariana and Acer ... With these are associated Thuja occidentalis, Picea mariana, Larix americana, Finns resinosa, ..."

3. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Pinus sabiniana Picea mariana Picea glauca Pinus leiophylla Pinus ... Picea mariana infected by Arceuthobium pusil- lum in Newfoundland showed 10 to 22% ..."

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