Key to Picea
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(For a list of species in Picea, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1' Leaf ± flat, generally with 2 faint, ± white bands adaxially, also abaxially or not
2. Leaf tip blunt;
seed cone scale 1. Wide, appressed, membranous, epidermal outgrowth (e.g., Cheilanthes covillei) 2. Structure partially or entirely covering an over-wintering bud (bud scale) (e.g., Salix goodingii bud). 3. In gymnosperms, a woody, seed-bearing structure attached to the cone axis (cone scale) (e.g., Abies magnifica). 4. In Asteraceae, a flat, membranous pappus element (e.g., Hymenoxys hoopesii). Leaves or bracts may be scale-like in one or more of the preceding ways.
margin ±
entire Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.).
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bract Reduced, leaf- or scale-like structure subtending a branch, cone scale, peduncle, pedicel, or flower.
< 1/4 scale
..... P. breweriana 2' Leaf tip
acute Having a short-tapered, sharp tip, the sides convex or straight and converging at less than a right angle.
; seed cone scale margin ± jagged, bract > 1/2 scale
..... P. sitchensis
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