- Korean Spruce
Taxobox
name = Korean Spruce
image_width = 240px
image_caption = Young Korean Spruce
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Pinophyta
classis = Pinopsida
ordo =Pinales
familia =Pinaceae
genus = "Picea"
species = "P. koraiensis"
binomial = "Picea koraiensis"
binomial_authority = NakaiKorean Spruce ("Picea koraiensis"; Jel koreiskaya in Russian, Hongpi yunshan in Chinese) is a species of
spruce .It is a medium-sized
evergreen tree growing to 30 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of up to 0.8 m. The shoots are orange-brown, glabrous or with scattered pubescence. The leaves are needle-like, 12-22 mm long, rhombic in cross-section, dark bluish-green with conspicuousstoma tal lines. The cones are cylindric-conic, 4-8 cm long and 2 cm broad, maturing pale brown 5-7 months after pollination, and have stiff, smoothly rounded scales.Its population is stable though low, and it there are no known protocols that protect it. It is found mostly in
North Korea near theYalu River , and inRussia near theUssuri River . It is also believed that it might possibly also occur in areas in southern Ussuriland.It is closely related to
Koyama's Spruce , and treated as synonymous with it by some botanists.References
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External links
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200005304 Flora of China: "Picea koraiensis"]
* [http://www.conifers.org/pi/pic/koraiensis.htm Gymnosperm Database: "Picea koraiensis"]
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