Pinaceae
Blue spruce
Picea pungens
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Picea
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Common names
By language (46)
- Arabic
- تنوب شائك
- Armenian
- Եղևնի արծաթագույն
- arz
- تنوب شائك
- Azerbaijani
- Tikanlı küknar
- Belarusian
- Елка блакітная, Блакітная елка
- Bulgarian
- Син смърч
- Catalan
- Pícea pungent
- Central Kurdish
- سپروسی شین
- Chinese
- 蓝叶云杉, 藍葉雲杉, 蓝粉云杉
- Croatian
- Plava smreka, Bodljikava smreka
- Czech
- Smrk pichlavý, Smrk stříbrný, Stříbrný smrk
- Danish
- Blå-Gran
- dsb
- Módry škrjok
- Dutch
- Blauwspar, Blauwe spar, Colorado spar
- English
- Blue spruce, Colorado blue spruce, Colorado spruce
- Estonian
- Torkav kuusk, Hõbekuusk, Ilukuusk, Sinikuusk
- Finnish
- Okakuusi, Hopeakuusi, Sinikuusi
- French
- Épicéa bleu, Épicéa du Colorado, Épinette du Colorado
- Georgian
- Ვერცხლისფერი ნაძვი
- German
- Stech-Fichte, Blau-Fichte, Blaue Stech-Fichte, Blaue Stechfichte, Blaufichte, Stechfichte
- Hebrew
- אשוחית כחולה
- hsb
- Módry šmrěk
- Hungarian
- Szúrós luc
- Icelandic
- Broddgreni
- Indonesian
- Separ biru
- Italian
- Peccio del Colorado
- Japanese
- コロラドトウヒ
- Korean
- 은청가문비나무, 은청가문비
- Lithuanian
- Dygioji eglė, Sidabrinė eglė
- Macedonian
- Бодлива смрча
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blågran
- nv
- Chʼódeenínii
- Pashto
- شين صنوبر
- Persian
- صنوبر آبی
- Polish
- Świerk kłujący, Świerk kanadyjski, Świerk srebrny
- Russian
- Ель голубая, Голубая ель, Ель колючая
- Serbian
- Бодљива смрча
- sgs
- Cėdabrėnė eglė, Cėdabrėnė aglė, Sėdabrėnė aglė, Sėdabrėnė eglė
- Slovak
- Smrek pichľavý, Strieborný smrek
- Slovenian
- Bodeča smreka
- Spanish
- Piceas azules, Pícea azul, Pícea azul del Colorado, Pícea de Colorado, Píceas azules
- Swedish
- Blågran
- Turkish
- Mavi ladin, Kolorado ladini
- udm
- Чагыр кыз
- Ukrainian
- Ялина колюча, Блакитна ялина, Колорадська ялина, Колюча ялина
- Welsh
- Spriwsen Las
Synonyms
- Abies commutata var. glauca Chargueraud
- Abies menziesii Engelm.
- Abies menziesii var. parryana André
- Abies parlatorei Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.
- Picea commutata Beissn.
- Picea menziesii Engelm.
- Picea menziesii var. parryana André
- Picea parryana (André) Sarg.
- Picea pungens f. argentea Branner
- Picea pungens f. argentea Beissn.
- Picea pungens f. coerulea Beissn.
- Picea pungens f. compacta Rehder
- Picea pungens f. glauca (Regel) Beissn.
- Picea pungens f. glauca-pendula H.Kost. ex Beissn.
- Picea pungens f. hunnewelliana (Hornibr.) Rehder
- Picea pungens f. kosteriana (A.Henry) O.L.Lipa
- Picea pungens f. pendens Rehder
- Picea pungens f. perpendicularis Schwer.
- Picea pungens f. viridis (Regel) O.L.Lipa
- Picea pungens var. compacta (Rehder) Rehder
- Picea pungens var. glauca Regel
- Picea pungens var. hunnewelliana Hornibr.
- Picea pungens var. kosteriana A.Henry
- Picea pungens var. pendula Zederb.
- Picea pungens var. viridis Regel
- Pinus armata Voss
- Pinus parryana (André) Voss
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Quinn Dombrowski from Chicago, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bossco on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeffrey J. Witcosky, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeffrey J. Witcosky, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeffrey J. Witcosky, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeffrey J. Witcosky, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinn Dombrowski from Chicago, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinn Dombrowski from Chicago, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JustTooLazy, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: USDA Forest Service - Region 2 - Rocky Mountain Region, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinn Dombrowski from Berkeley, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.