Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Picea pungens, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Source not recorded17 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Engelm.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 334 (1879)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1879	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Colorado blue spruce	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Pine family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	U.S.A. (Rocky Mts.)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	3024 cm	3024 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 68, 92, 500, 818, 873, 882, 918	Sourced
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	medium	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 882	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	empty	strobilus · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Growth form	Single Stem	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Tree	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Slow	Slow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	4000 cm	4000 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 68, 92, 500, 818, 873, 882, 918	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	monoecious · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 28, 92, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 5.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	75 cm	75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 818	Sourced
Other
Human usage type	—	christmas_trees, fuelwood, lumber, nursery_stock, ornamental, posts, pulpwood, timber, veneer · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Intermediate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Picea pungens Engelm., 1879 39% complete

Colorado blue spruce

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