Object Details
- Description
- The Norway spruce is the most commonly used tree for Christmas trees in the UK, despite the fact that it quickly dries out and sheds needles everywhere. This tree is used in many scientific studies, in topics ranging from climate change to Stradivarius violins. It is also a very popular tree to cultivate, with at least 150 difficult to differentiate cultivars currently in existence.
- Hardiness
- -50 - 10 F
- Attracts
- Birds
- Ethnobotanical Uses
- Most common tree used for Christmas trees in Europe.
- Medicinal / Pharmaceutical
- Herbal tea made from leafy twigs.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2011-2649A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Life Form
- Evergreen tree
- Average Height
- 40-60'
- Bark Characteristics
- Gray brown and peeling with thin scales.
- Cone Characteristics
- Cones grow at ends of branches. Start light green and mature to brown. 4-6" long.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Needles point down and towards the stem tip. .5-1" long.
- Key ID Characteristics
- Long narrow cones; needles leave petiole on stem when pulled off.
- Structure
- Conical
- Range
- Europe
- Habitat
- Boreal conifer forests of northern and northeastern Europe; 1-2000 meters
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- Common Name
- European Spruce
- Norway Spruce
- White Spruce
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Pinidae
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Picea
- Species
- abies
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2011-2649A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7751f18d1-ff18-48c1-8860-9a3402dddb04
