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botanical illustration of White Spruce, Picea glauca

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White Spruce

Picea glauca

White Spruce · Alberta white spruce · American white spruce · Baltoji eglė · Black Hills spruce · Bredpilblad · Canada spruce · Canadian Spruce · Canadian spruce · Hvid-gran · Kanädas egle · Kinesisk en · Naverlönn

At a glance

Origin / distribution: BE, CA, DK

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: BORNYL-ACETATE, DIPENTENE, EO, BETA-PINENE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Pinaceae

Scientific name: Picea glauca

Common names: White Spruce, Alberta white spruce, American white spruce, Baltoji eglė, Black Hills spruce, Bredpilblad, Canada spruce, Canadian Spruce, Canadian spruce, Hvid-gran, Kanädas egle, Kinesisk en, Naverlönn

History

The source record documents this plant in BE, CA, DK.

Documented historical or traditional applications are not available in this record.

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • BE
  • CA
  • DK

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with mature white spruce ( <i>Picea glauca</i> ) across three Alaskan treelines · 2026 source ↗
  • Seeing the forest for the trees: white spruce (Picea glauca) tree bark as a biogeochemical indicator of a lithium occurrence in southwestern New Brunswick, Canada. · 2025 source ↗
  • Using Landscape Genomics to Define Species Distributions, Delineate Seed Zones, and Predict Genomic Offset to Future Climate for the Interior Spruce Hybrid Complex (Picea glauca, Picea engelmannii, and Their Hybrids) · 2026 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • BORNYL-ACETATE
  • DIPENTENE
  • EO
  • BETA-PINENE
  • D-CAMPHOR
  • DL-FENCHYL-ALCOHOL
  • CADINENE
  • L-LIMONENE

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Picea glauca
Picea glauca · dmcdevit

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

World Flora Online Plant List · WFO dataset terms; see release metadata

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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