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Picea spinulosa, the Sikkim spruce, is a spruce native to the eastern Himalaya, in India (Sikkim), Nepal and Bhutan. It grows at altitudes of 2,400-3,700 m in mixed coniferous forests.

Sikkim spruce
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
(unranked):	Gymnosperms
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Genus:	Picea
Species:	P. spinulosa
Binomial name
Picea spinulosa (Griff.) A.Henry

It is a large evergreen tree growing to 40–55 m tall (exceptionally to 65 m), and with a trunk diameter of up to 1–2.5 m. It has a conical crown with level branches and usually pendulous branchlets.

The shoots are whitish to pale buff, and glabrous (hairless). The leaves are needle-like, 1.7-3.2 cm long, slender, rhombic to slightly flattened in cross-section, glossy green on the upper side, with two conspicuous blue-white stomatal bands on the lower side. The cones are cylindric-conic, 6–12 cm long and 2 cm broad, green or tinged reddish when young, maturing glossy orange-brown to red-brown and opening to 3 cm broad, 5–7 months after pollination; the scales are moderately stiff, with a bluntly pointed apex.

Sikkim spruce is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in large gardens in western and central Europe for its attractive pendulous branchlets.

References

External links

• Gymnosperm Database

На других языках

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[de] Sikkim-Fichte

Die Sikkim-Fichte (Picea spinulosa) ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Kieferngewächse (Pinaceae). Sie ist in den Gebieten im östlichen Himalaya heimisch.

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- [en] Picea spinulosa

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[ru] Ель восточно-гималайская

Ель восточно-гималайская, или Ель шиповатая (лат. Picea spinulosa) — вид хвойных вечнозелёных деревьев из рода елей (Picea), произрастающих на востоке Гималаев.

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