Spruces
- Latin name: Picea sp.
- French name: Épinette
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Description
Insects and mites
Insects that cause damage to this tree.
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Strawberry root weevil
Scientific name: Otiorhynchus ovatus (L.)
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Western blackheaded budworm
Scientific name: Acleris gloverana (Walsingham)
Foliage or buds
Hemlock looper
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Lambdina fiscellaria
(Guenée)
- Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria
- Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa
- Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria
- Argyrotaenia dorsalana (Dyar)
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Eastern spruce gall adelgid
Scientific name: Adelges abietis (Linnaeus)
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European spruce sawfly
Scientific name: Gilpinia hercyniae (Hartig)
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Hemlock looper
Scientific names:
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Lambdina fiscellaria
(Guenée)
- Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria
- Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa
- Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria
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Lambdina fiscellaria
(Guenée)
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Pine leaf adelgid
Scientific name: Pineus pinifoliae (Fitch)
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Pine needle scale
Scientific name: Chionaspis pinifoliae (Fitch)
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Purplestriped shootworm
Scientific name: Zeiraphera unfortunana Powell
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Western blackheaded budworm
Scientific name: Acleris gloverana (Walsingham)
Roots, bark, stem or trunk, or branches
Diseases caused by pathogens
Diseases caused by pathogens that cause damage to this tree.
Cones or seeds
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Large-spored spruce – Labrador tea rust
Pathogen name: Chrysomyxa ledicola (Peck) Lagerh.
Foliage or buds
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Conifer-poplar rust
Pathogen name: Melampsora occidentalis Jacks.
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Large-spored spruce – Labrador tea rust
Pathogen name: Chrysomyxa ledicola (Peck) Lagerh.
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Spruce broom rust
Pathogen name: Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli Dietel
Roots, bark, stem or trunk, or branches
Pitted sap rot
Pathogen name: Trichaptum abietinum (Dicks.) Ryvarden (Common names for this fungus: purple conk fungus, purple-toothed polypore)
Schweinitzii butt rot
Pathogen name: Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (Common names for the fungus: velvet-topped polypore, dyer’s polypore)
