Picea schrenkiana

Picea schrenkiana
Forest at Lake Kaindy, southeast Kazakhstan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Species:
P. schrenkiana
Binomial name
Picea schrenkiana
Synonyms
  • Abies schrenkiana (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Lindl. & Gordon
  • Pinus schrenkiana (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Antoine

Picea schrenkiana, Schrenk's spruce, or Asian spruce, is a spruce native to the Tian Shan mountains of Central Asia (in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) and also to western China (Xinjiang). It grows at elevations of 1,200–3,500 m (3,900–11,500 ft), usually in pure forests, sometimes mixed with the Tien Shan variety of Siberian fir (Abies sibirica var. semenovii). Its name was given in honour of Alexander von Schrenk (1816–1876).