BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Picea x albertiana
hybrid white spruce
| Scientific Name: | Picea x albertiana S. Br. | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | hybrid white spruce | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | NatureServe. Unpublished. Concept reference for taxa which have not yet been described; to be used as a placeholder until a citation is available which describes the circumscription of the taxon. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | Placeholder for the hybrid Picea engelmannii x P. glauca. Though it was not officially published before his death, the SNAME for this hybrid was originally cited by R. Ogilvie in Ogilvie, R. T. 1962. Ecology of spruce forests on the east slope of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta. Unpublished dissertation, Washington State University, Pullman. 189 pp. | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | PICEENE | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | GNA (May 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | SNA (Apr 2021) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | No Status | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
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John Degner, Coastal tree breeder, Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development. 2020. Personal Communication. |
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Picea x albertiana. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jul 15, 2025).