Pinaceae
Black spruce
Picea mariana
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Picea
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- تنوب مارياني, راتنج مارياني
- arz
- تنوب ماريانى
- atj
- Sesekatikw
- azb
- قارا کوکنار
- Azerbaijani
- Qara küknar
- Belarusian
- Елка чорная
- Bulgarian
- Черен смърч
- Chinese
- 黑云杉, 黑雲杉, 黑色云杉
- Czech
- Smrk černý
- Danish
- Sort-Gran, Sortgran
- English
- Black spruce
- Estonian
- Must kuusk
- Finnish
- Mustakuusi
- French
- Épinette noire, Epinette noire, Épicéa noir
- German
- Schwarz-Fichte, Schwarzfichte
- Hebrew
- אשוחית שחורה
- Icelandic
- Svartgreni
- Indonesian
- Cemara hitam
- Italian
- Peccio nero
- Japanese
- クロトウヒ, ブラックスプルース, 黒唐檜
- koi
- Сьӧд кӧз
- Korean
- 검은가문비나무
- Lithuanian
- Juodoji eglė
- Macedonian
- Црна смрча
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Svartgran
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Svartgran
- Persian
- نوئل سیاه
- Polish
- Świerk czarny
- Russian
- Ель чёрная, Ель черная, Чёрная ель
- Serbian
- Црна смрча
- Spanish
- Abeto negro, Pícea negra
- Swedish
- Svartgran
- Turkish
- Kara ladin
- udm
- Сьӧд кыз
- vep
- Must kuz'
Synonyms
- Abies denticulata Michx.
- Abies mariana Mill.
- Abies nigra (Castigl.) Du Roi
- Abies nigra var. pumila Knight ex Gordon
- Peuce rubra Rich.
- Picea brevifolia Peck
- Picea brevifolia var. semiprostrata Peck
- Picea ericoides Bean
- Picea mariana f. beissneri (Rehder) Rehder
- Picea mariana f. doumetii (Carrière) O.L.Lipa
- Picea mariana f. empetroides Vict. & J.Rousseau
- Picea mariana f. ericoides (Bean) Rehder
- Picea mariana f. fastigiata Rehder
- Picea mariana f. grisea Vict.
- Picea mariana f. mariana Vict.
- Picea mariana f. nana (Beissn.) Rehder
- Picea mariana f. semiprostrata (Peck) S.F.Blake
- Picea mariana f. squamea Vict.
- Picea mariana var. beissneri Rehder
- Picea mariana var. brevifolia (Peck) Rehder
- Picea mariana var. fastigiata (Rehder) Rehder
- Picea mariana var. pendula Fitschen
- Picea mariana var. pendula-variegata (Hornibr.) Fitschen
- Picea mariana var. semiprostrata (Peck) Teeri
- Picea nigra (Castigl.) Link
- Picea nigra var. brevifolia (Peck) Rehder
- Picea nigra var. doumetii Carrière
- Picea nigra var. fastigiata Carrière
- Picea nigra var. nana Beissn.
- Picea nigra var. pendula-variegata Hornibr.
- Picea nigra var. semiprostrata (Peck) Brainerd, L.R.Jones & Eggl.
- Picea nigra var. virgata Rehder
- Pinus abies var. mariana (Mill.) Münchh.
- Pinus canadensis var. nigra (Aiton) Du Roi
- Pinus canadensis var. nigricans Weston
- Pinus denticulata (Michx.) Muhl.
- Pinus mariana (Mill.) Du Roi
- Pinus marylandica Antoine
- Pinus nigra Aiton
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: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Earth Monk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Raphaël Grellety, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Renée-Louise Lamontagne, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Richard Littauer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Valerie Desgroseiilliers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: Coby Marc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Denise Alano, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.