Red Spruce

Picea rubens Sarg. - Pine family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 130.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: Red, Yellow

Bloom Time: Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Species depending on Red Spruce: Acleris variana, Amorbia humerosana, Anacamptodes vellivolata, Archips alberta, Archips packardiana, Argyrotaenia niscana, Argyrotaenia velutinana, Callophrys lanoriaieensis, Caripeta angustiorata, Caripeta divisata, Choristoneura fumiferana, Cladara limitaria, Coleotechnites atrupictella, Coleotechnites ducharmei, Coleotechnites piceaella, Cydia youngana, Dasychira plagiata, Dioryctria abietivorella, Dioryctria reniculella, Dolichomia thymetusalis, Eilema bicolor, Elaphria versicolor, Endothenia albolineana, Epinotia nanana, Epinotia normanana, Epirrita autumnata henshawi, Eufidonia discospilata, Eupithecia albicapitata, Eupithecia annulata, Eupithecia filmata, Eupithecia fletcherata, Eupithecia lariciata, Eupithecia luteata, Feralia jocosa, Griselda radicana, Hydriomena divisdaria, Hypagyrtis piniata, Idia aemula, Korscheltellus gracilis, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria, Lymantria dispar, Nepytia canosaria, Orgyia leucostigma, Palthis angulalis, Panthea acronyctoides, Paralobesia piceana, Prochoerodes transversata, Protoboarmia porcelaria, Protoboarmia porcelaria indicataria, Semiothisa granitata-group, Solenobia walshella, Syngrapha alias, Syngrapha rectangula, Xestia elimata, Xestia perquiritata, Zanclognatha minoralis, Zeiraphera fortunana, Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana

Native Range

  • USA:  Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
  • CAN:  New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.