Pinaceae

White spruce

Picea glauca (Moench) Voss

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea

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Common names

By language (37)

Arabic: راتينجية بيضاء, بيسية بيضاء, تنوب أبيض, صنوبر ابيض
Armenian: Պիցեա գլաուկա
arz: تنوب رمادى
atj: Minihikw
Belarusian: Елка канадская
Bulgarian: Бял смърч
Chinese: 白云杉, 白雲杉
Czech: Smrk sivý
Danish: Hvid-Gran, Hvidgran
Dutch: Witte spar
English: White spruce
Estonian: Kanada kuusk, Valge kuusk
Finnish: Valkokuusi
French: Épinette blanche, Epinette blanche
German: Weiss-Fichte, Weiß-Fichte, Schimmel-Fichte, Weißfichte
Hebrew: אשוחית לבנה
Hungarian: Szürke luc, Kanadai szürke luc
Icelandic: Hvítgreni
Japanese: カナダトウヒ
koi: Чочком кӧз
Lithuanian: Baltoji eglė
Macedonian: Сива смрча, Бела смрча
Norwegian Bokmål: Kvitgran, Hvitgran
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitgran
nv: Chʼóshgai
Persian: نوئل کانادایی
Polish: Świerk biały
Portuguese: Pinheiro-do-canadá
Russian: Ель сизая, Ель белая, Ель канадская
Serbian: Бела смрча
Spanish: Pícea blanca
Swedish: Vitgran
Turkish: Ak ladin, Kanada ladini
udm: Тӧдьы кыз
Ukrainian: Ялина канадська, Біла ялина, Канадська ялина, Ялина біла, Ялина глаука, Ялина сиза
vep: Vauged kuz'
Welsh: Sbriwsen wen

Synonyms

Abies alba (Aiton) Michx.
Abies alba var. caerulea J.Nelson
Abies alba var. nana Jacques
Abies alba var. nana Dicks. ex Loudon
Abies alba var. virescens (R.Hinterh. & J.Hinterh.) Nyman
Abies arctica A.Murray bis
Abies canadensis var. aurea J.Nelson
Abies coerulea Lodd. ex J.Forbes
Abies laxa (Münchh.) K.Koch
Abies rubra var. violacea Loudon
Abies virescens R.Hinterh. & J.Hinterh.
Picea acutissima Beissn.
Picea alba (Castigl.) Link
Picea alba var. foetida Penh.
Picea alba var. pendula Carrière
Picea canadensis f. parva Vict.
Picea canadensis var. albertiana Rehder
Picea canadensis var. glauca (Moench) Sudw.
Picea canadensis var. pendula (Moench) C.K.Schneid.
Picea coerulea (Lodd. ex J.Forbes) Link
Picea glauca f. aurea (J.Nelson) Rehder
Picea glauca f. buxoides J.R.Schramm
Picea glauca f. caerulea (J.Nelson) Rehder
Picea glauca f. conica Rehder
Picea glauca f. glauca
Picea glauca f. nana (Jacques) Rehder
Picea glauca f. parva Fernald & Weath.
Picea glauca var. pendula (Carrière) Hornibr.
Picea laxa Sarg.
Picea tschugatskoyae Carrière
Pinus abies var. alba (Jacques) Antoine
Pinus abies var. laxa Münchh.
Pinus alba Aiton
Pinus alba var. arctica (A.Murray bis) Parl.
Pinus alba var. nana (Jacques) Endl.
Pinus canadensis (Mill.) Du Roi
Pinus canadensis var. alba Castigl.
Pinus coerulea Lodd. ex Loudon
Pinus glauca Moench
Pinus laxa (Münchh.) Ehrh.

and 2 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: jirimitre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Randal, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: David Wang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Claudio Nicolò, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Heather Mazzaccaro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nicolas d'Entremont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ian McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: lwingers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.