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Weeping Spruce
( Picea breweriana )
Picea breweriana
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About Weeping Spruce (Picea breweriana)
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Picea breweriana
(Brewer Spruce or Weeping Spruce) is a species of spruce native to western North America, where it is one of the rarest in the continent, endemic to the Klamath Mountains of southwest Oregon and northwest California. It grows at moderately high altitudes, from 1000-2700 meter. It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 20-40 meter tall, exceptionally 54 meter, and with a trunk diameter of up to 1.5 meter. The bark is thin and scaly, and purple-gray in color. The crown is very distinct, distinguished by level branches with vertically pendulous branchlets, each branch forming a 'curtain' of foliage. The pendulous foliage only develops when the tree grows to about 1.5-2 meter tall; young trees smaller than this (up to about 10-20 years old) are open-crowned with sparse, level branchlets. The shoots are orange-brown, with dense short fine hair about 0.2 millimeter long and very rough with pulvini 1-2 millimeter long.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Tree
Size
25 - 177.2 ft tall
Form
Upright
Growth Rate
Slow
Dormancy
Evergreen
Flower Color
Red
Flowering Season
Summer
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 24
likely
* )
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Pine White
Neophasia menapia
Neophasia menapia
*
Brown-lined Looper
Neoalcis californiaria
Neoalcis californiaria
*
Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth
Orthosia hibisci
Orthosia hibisci
*
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth
Lophocampa argentata
Lophocampa argentata
*
Forest Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma disstria
Malacosoma disstria
*
Sulphur Moth
Hesperumia sulphuraria
Hesperumia sulphuraria
*
Douglas-Fir Cone Moth
Barbara colfaxiana
Barbara colfaxiana
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Soil Description
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
Propagation
?
For propagating by seed: 1-3 mos. stratification (USDA Forest Service 1974).
Sunset Zones
?
2, 3*, 4*, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17
Natural Setting
Site Type
Moist slopes
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 17.6" - 158.7", Summer Precipitation: 1.00" - 5.84", Coldest Month: 32.6" - 43.3", Hottest Month: 50.4" - 70.4", Humidity: 1.08" - 21.09", Elevation: 1498" - 8352"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Brewer Spruce, Brewer's Spruce
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Picea breweriana
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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