Comparative study of two spruce species in a polluted mountainous region

Abstract

Comparative study of two spruce species in a polluted mountainous region. Anatomical, biochemical and spectral comparison of needle quality of Colorado blue spruce and Norway spruce from Krušné hory mountains

Keywords

• Norway spruce (Picea abies)
• Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens)
• quantitative anatomy
• histochemistry
• photosynthetic pigments
• lignin
• phenolics
• spectral indices