Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Picea rubens, 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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Sourced10 Source not recorded16 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Sarg.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Silva N. Amer. 12: 33 (1898)	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	1898	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Red spruce	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Pine family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	E. Canada to NE. & EC. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1290 cm	1290 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 128 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 431, 662, 873, 909	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Single Stem	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Tree	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Moderate	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	4050 cm	4050 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 431, 662, 873, 909	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 244 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 67, 130, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 5.8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 4	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	33 cm	33 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 662	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	60.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fuelwood, lumber, naval_stores, posts, pulpwood, veneer · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 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	—	Deep · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Picea rubens Sarg., 1898 43% complete

Red spruce

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