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Picea pungens
Colorado blue spruce / silver spruce

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InfradivisionGymnospermae

Family Name Pinaceae / pine

Botanical NamePicea pungens

Common Names Colorado blue spruce / silver spruce

Native Continents North America

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Native Range Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico; scattered populations in Idaho, southern Montana, Wyoming, and Arizona.

Native to these North American Tree Region(s)

Montana Native

Boreal Forest Pacific Coast Forests Northern Rocky Mtn. Complex Southern Rocky Mtn. Complex Great Plains Central Hardwoods Northeastern Mixed Woods Southeastern Mixed Forests

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