Picea abies |
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Norway spruce, épinette de norvège |
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Habit | Trees to 30m; trunk to 2m diam.; crown conic. |
Bark | gray-brown, scaly. |
Branches | short and stout, the upper ascending, the lower drooping; twigs stout, reddish brown, usually glabrous. |
Buds | reddish brown, 5–7mm, apex acute. |
Leaves | 1–2.5cm, 4-angled in cross section, rigid, light to dark green, bearing stomates on all surfaces, apex blunt-tipped. |
Seed | cones (10–)12–16cm; scales diamond-shaped, widest near middle, 18–30 × 15–20mm, thin and flexuous, margin at apex erose to toothed, apex extending 6–10mm beyond seed-wing impression. |
2n | =24. |
Picea abies |
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Habitat | Woods and persisting after cultivation. |
Distribution |
MN; probably elsewhere; Europe [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Norway spruce, native to Europe, has become locally naturalized, at least in north central United States (and adjacent Canada). The species is the most widely cultivated spruce in North America; many cultivars exist, including dwarf shrubs. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2, p. 370. |
Parent taxa | Pinaceae > Picea |
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Synonyms | Pinus abies |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) H. Karsten: Deut. Fl. 2/3: 324. (1881) |
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