Picea breweriana

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	PINACEAE

Scientific Name:

Picea breweriana

Species Authority:

S.Watson

Common Name/s:

English

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Brewer's Spruce

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	A species of conservation concern because of its restricted range in the Siskiyou Mts. of south-west Oregon and north-west California.
Countries:	Native: United States (California, Oregon)
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Population:	It is too rare to be exploited for its timber but it is cultivated on a small scale as an ornamental plant.

Population:

It is too rare to be exploited for its timber but it is cultivated on a small scale as an ornamental plant.

Habitat and Ecology:	It is limited to areas of mixed conifer forest mostly on glacial moraines.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Conservation Actions:	Part of the range is also managed as a wilderness area in the Siskiyou National Forest.

Conservation Actions:

Part of the range is also managed as a wilderness area in the Siskiyou National Forest.

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Picea breweriana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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