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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Pinaceae: Picea
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00397132
Collector	M. W. Gorman
Collector number	161Y
Country	Canada
State	Yukon Territory
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): Canada: Yukon Territory
Locality	Mouth of Selwyn River
Date Collected	1899-07-**
Container	Flora of the Yukon Valley
Project	US and Canada - Mass Digitization
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/ebc55b5e-a4ff-4b3b-b315-3c6ce9b87d4d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00397132
Herbarium	A
Family	Pinaceae
Determination	Picea mariana (Miller) Brittan, Sterns & Poggenburg
Determination Remarks	[filed under] [current name]
Sex	not determined
Phenology	NotDetermined
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed


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Remarks

This spruce is a smaller tree than P. alba + occurs in all sphagnous marshy localities from the Yukon west for more than 180 miles. The wood is darker harder and closer grained than P. alba. The cones are persistent and in many cases eventually become imbedded in the tree. The bark is more reddish than P. alba and more inclined to scale off. The wood makes both better lumber and better fuel than P. alba.