Norway spruce
(Picea abies)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | NNA - Not applicable SNA - Not applicable |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Norway spruce is a relatively fast growing, long lived, evergreen, coniferous tree. In Minnesota mature trees are usually 40′ to 65′ tall and up to 36″ in diameter at breast height, though tall individuals can reach over 100′ in height. |
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40′ to 65′ |
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Records are not kept for nonnative species. |
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Native to Europe. Introduced. |
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Naturalized. Usually persisting at old home sites. |
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Taxonomy |
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| Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
| Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
| Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
| Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
| Class | Pinopsida (conifers) | ||
| Subclass | Pinidae | ||
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Pinales (conifers) | ||
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Pinaceae (pine) | ||
| Subfamily | Piceoideae or (Pinoideae [pines, spruces, larches, and allies]) | ||
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Picea (spruces) | ||
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Synonyms |
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Picea abies ssp. acuminata Picea abies ssp. europaea Picea excelsa Picea excelsa var. acuminata Picea montana Picea vulgaris var. europaea Pinus abies |
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Norway spruce |
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Norway spruce. Freeborn County, Minnesota, November 2017. Can reach quite substantial size here. |
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Slideshows |
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| Picea abies Blake C. Willson |
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About
Norway Spruce |
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| Norway spruce, Picea abies Friends of Mount Auburn |
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About
Mount Auburn’s winters often are long, but our landscape is beautifully accentuated with many evergreen trees and shrubs. One important tree is the Norway spruce, Picea abies, abundantly represented here. This well-known tree is native to eastern and central Europe, and long there has been an important forest and timber tree, as well as providing widespread horticultural use. This is a tree that often grows 60 to 100-feet tall. |
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Other Videos |
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| Trees with Don Leopold - Norway spruce ESFTV |
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Uploaded on Oct 2, 2011 No description available. |
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| Identifying Norway Spruce Harper Adams |
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Published on Sep 3, 2013 Senior Lecturer at Harper Adams University, Jim Waterson, explains how to identify Norway Spruce (Picea abies). |
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| How to ID Picea abies Laura Deeter |
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Uploaded on Nov 19, 2008 Short video showing the key identifying characteristics for Picea abies |
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| Kuusi ( Picea abies ) Seppo Sallinen |
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Published on Feb 3, 2013 Sony HDR-PJ10E. |
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| Randy 11/29/2017 |
Location: Emmons, Minnesota |
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| Randy November 2017 |
Location: Freeborn County, Minnesota Can reach quite substantial size here. |
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