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Picea aurantiaca
Picea aurantiaca is a species of conifer in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is endemic to China, where it is only known from western Sichuan. Its common name is orange spruce. The tree is generally 30-40 meters tall with leaves that are dark green on the top and have white lines present on the underside. the mature branchlets appear an orange-brown color which is likely where the tree's common name is derived. This species is closely related to Picea asperata and it is sometimes treated as a variety.
This tree grows on steep mountain slopes on the edges of forests. It grows in a cold subalpine climate up to about 3800 to 4000 meters in maximum elevation. orange spruce can grow in the range of -5C to -6C but has been shown to respond optimally when the coldest quarter is at 0 °C on average The tree is often found near large deposits of limestone with calcareous soil. It can be found alongside Picea likiangensis var. rubescens, Abies squamata, Larix potaninii, and birches.
Norway Spruce · Interior spruce · Alcock's Spruce · Dragon Spruce · Picea austropanlanica · Sargent's Spruce · Brewer's Spruce · Chihuahua Spruce · Qinghai Spruce · Engelmann Spruce · Farrer spruce · White Spruce
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Picea aurantiaca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
