Kingdom Plantae Order Pinales Genus Picea Higher classification Spruce | Division Pinophyta Family Pinaceae Scientific name Picea farreri Rank Species | |
Similar Picea martinezii, Spruce, Picea maximowiczii, Picea spinulosa, Pinaceae | ||
Picea farreri is a species of conifer in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is known by the common name Farrer's spruce. It is native to China, where it is known only from Yunnan, and to Myanmar.
This tree can reach 35 meters tall. It grows on limestone soils in cool, wet mountainous habitat.
Picea farreri is named after the plant collector Reginald Farrer who travelled extensively in China and what was then Burma.
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