The spruces (in France), or virginals (with the Canada), or prusses (in Acadie), are trees of the kind Picea originating in the moderate areas of the northern hemisphere. They belong to the family of the Pinacées. They reach 40 easily Mètre S top and certain specimens exceed sometimes the 50 meters ( Picea sitchensis with 96 meters). It is the Résineux more planted in Europe. It is used much in Lutherie, in the building and to manufacture paper.

A forest of spruces is called Pessière.

Lists

List species

• Picea abies - common spruce
• Picea alcoquiana
• Picea alpestris
• Picea asperata
• Picea balfouriana
• Picea brachytyla
• Picea breweriana - spruce of Brewer
• Picea chihuahuana
• Picea crassifolia
• Picea pungens engelmannii - spruce of Engelmann
• Picea farreri
• Picea glauca - white spruce
• Picea glehnii
• Picea jezoensis - spruce of Japan
• Picea koraiensis
• Picea koyamae - spruce of Koyama
• Picea likiangensis
• Picea mariana - black spruce
• Picea martinezii
• Picea maximowiczii
• Picea meyeri
• Picea morrisonicola
• Picea neoveitchii
• Picea obovata - spruce of Siberia
• Picea omorika - spruce of Serbia
• Picea orientalis - spruce of the East
• Picea pungens - blue spruce, virginal of Colorado
• Picea purpurea
• Picea rubens - tamarack
• Picea schrenkiana - spruce of Schrenk
• Picea sitchensis - spruce of Sitka
• Picea smithiana - spruce of the Himalayas
• Picea spinulosa
• Picea torano
• Picea wilsonii

List hybrids

• Picea × fennica (= hybrid Picea abies × Picea obovata )
• Picea × hurstii (= hybrid, origin unknown)
• Picea × lutzii (= hybrid Picea glauca × Picea sitchensis )
• Picea × mariorika (= hybrid Picea mariana × Picea omorika )

List synonyms

• Picea acicularis (= Picea alcoquiana )
• Picea acuminata (= Picea abies )
• Picea ajanensis (= Picea jezoensis )
• Picea alba (= Picea glauca )
• Picea albertiana (= Picea glauca VAr. albertiana )
• Picea altaica (= Picea obovata )
• Picea americana (= Picea rubens )
• Picea ascendens (= Picea brachytyla )
• Picea aurantiaca (= Picea asperata )
• Picea australis (= Picea rubens )
• Picea bicolor (= Picea alcoquiana )
• Picea brevifolia (= Picea mariana )
• Picea canadensis (= Picea glauca )
• Picea coerulea (= Picea glauca )
• Picea columbiana (= Picea engelmannii )
• Picea communis (= Picea abies )
• Picea complanata (= Picea brachytyla )
• Picea cranstonii (= Picea abies )
• Picea densata (= Picea glauca VAr. densata )
• Picea denudata (= Picea abies )
• Picea doumetii (= Picea mariana )
• Picea erythrocarpa (= Picea abies )
• Picea excelsa (= Picea abies )
• Picea falcata (= Picea sitchensis )
• Picea forrestii (= Picea likiangensis )
• Picea gemmata (= Picea asperata )
• Picea hirtella (= Picea likiangensis VAr. hirtella )
• Picea heterolepis (= Picea asperata )
• Picea hondoensis (= Picea jezoensis subsp. hondoensis )
• Picea integrisquamis (= Picea abies )
• Picea intercedens (= Picea koyamai )
• Picea japonica (= Picea alcoquiana )
• Picea kamchatkensis (= Picea jezoensis )
• Picea komarovii (= Picea jezoensis )
• Picea khutrow (= Picea smithiana )
• Picea latisquamea (= Picea brachytyla )
• Picea laxa (= Picea glauca )
• Picea linzhiensis (= Picea likiangensis VAr. linzhiensis )
• Picea longifolia (= Picea schrenkiana )
• Picea manshurica (= Picea jezoensis )
• Picea mastersii (= Picea wilsonii )
• Picea medioxima (= Picea × fennica )
• Picea menziesii (= Picea sitchensis )
• Picea mexicana (= Picea engelmannii subsp. mexicana )
• Picea microsperma (= Picea jezoensis )
• Picea mongolica (= Picea meyeri )
• Picea Montana (= Picea abies )
• Picea montigena (= Picea likiangensis )
• Picea moramomi (= Picea koyamae )
• Picea morinda (= Picea smithiana )
• Picea morindoides (= Picea spinulosa )
• Picea nepalensis (= Picea smithiana )
• Picea will nigra (= Picea mariana )
• Picea notabilis (= Picea asperata )
• Picea notha (= Picea hybrids )
• Picea parryana (= Picea pungens )
• Picea pachyclada (= Picea brachytyla )
• Picea petchorika (= Picea obovata )
• Picea polita (= Picea torano )
• Picea ponderosa (= Picea asperata )
• Picea porsildii (= Picea glauca )
• Picea prostrata (= Picea schrenkiana )
• Picea pungsangiensis (= Picea koyamae )
• Picea pyramidalis (= Picea meyeri )
• Picea reflexa (= Picea alcoquiana )
• Picea retroflexa (= Picea asperata )
• Picea rhombisquamea (= Picea brachytyla )
• Picea robertii (= Picea schrenkiana )
• Picea will rubra (= Picea rubens )
• Picea sargentiana (= Picea brachytyla )
• Picea senanensis (= Picea maximowiczii )
• Picea shirasawae (= Picea alcoquiana )
• Picea sikangensis (= Picea likiangensis )
• Picea sitkaensis (= Picea sitchensis )
• Picea speciosa (= Picea sitchensis )
• Picea subarctica (= Picea abies )
• Picea thunbergii (= Picea torano )
• Picea tianschanica (= Picea shrenkiana )
• Picea tonaiensis (= Picea koyamai )
• Picea tschonoskii (= Picea maximowiczii )
• Picea uralensis (= Picea × fennica )
• Picea uwarowii (= Picea × fennica )
• Picea viminalis (= Picea abies )
• Picea virgata (= Picea abies )
• Picea vulgaris (= Picea abies )
• Picea watsoniana (= Picea wilsonii )
• Picea wittmanniana (= Picea orientalis )
• Picea yatungensis (= Picea spinulosa )
• Picea yunnanensis (= Picea likiangensis )

External bonds

• ITIS 18033