Picea abies

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Plantae • Phylum: Pinophyta • Ordo: Pinales • Familia: Pinaceae • Genus: Picea • Species: Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.

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Picea abies

 Vernacular names

English: Norway Spruce · ‪Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‬: Елка · Česky: Smrk ztepilý · Dansk: Rødgran · Deutsch: Gemeine Fichte · Eesti: kuusk · Español: Abeto rojo · Esperanto: Ordinara piceo · Français: Épicéa commun · Hornjoserbsce: Wšědny šmrěk · Hrvatski: Smreka · עברית: אשוחית נורבגית · Latviešu: Parastā egle · Lietuvių: Paprastoji eglė · Magyar: Lucfenyő · Nederlands: Fijnspar · 日本語: オウシュウトウヒ · ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Gran · ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Gran · Polski: Świerk pospolity · Runa Simi: Pisya · Русский: Ель обыкновенная · Slovenčina: Smrek obyčajný · Suomi: Metsäkuusi · Svenska: Gran · Türkçe: Avrupa ladini · Українська: Ялина європейська · Žemaitėška: Eglė ·

Plants

Habitat and trees

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  Lappeenranta, Finland

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  Farrenberg, Germany

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  Engelberg, Switzerland

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  Engelberg, Switzerland

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  Vestfold, Norway

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  Karkonosze, Poland

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  Piz Uccello, Switzerland

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  Scheibbs, Austria

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  Scheibbs, Austria

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  Moderfeid, Alsace, France

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  In winter snow, Shipka Pass, Bulgaria

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  In snow, Marki, Poland

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  Trunk with knots, spring Vltava river, Šumava, Czech Republic

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  Tree

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  Tree

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  Top of tree, with cones

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  Broken tree with regrowth

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  Roots of fallen tree; young trees behind

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  Trees in Stołowe Mountains

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  Stołowe Mountains

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  in Keila, Estonia

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  in Keila, Estonia

Bark

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  Resin

Leaves

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  spring buds opening

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  branch covered with lichen

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Cones

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  Immature cone

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  Immature cone

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  Immature cone

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  Immature cone

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  Immature cone

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  Immature seed cones (dark pink), pollen cones (yellow-pink)

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  Pollen cone

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  Pollen cones

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  Pollen cones

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Seedlings and young plants

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  English: Seedling in Austria

  Deutsch: Keimling in Kärnten
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Distribution

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Cultivars

Picea abies 'Acrocona'

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  Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, USA

Picea abies 'Barryi'

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  Foliage underside - Botanical Garden, Wrocław, Poland

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  cv. 'Barry'

Picea abies 'Cranstonii'

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  Arboretum de Chèvreloup in Rocquencourt, France

Picea abies 'Cupressina'

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  Botanical Garden, Wrocław, Poland

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  Botanical Garden, Wrocław, Poland

Picea abies 'Little Gem'

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  Jasło, Poland

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  Jasło, Poland

Picea abies 'Nana'

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  Arboretum de Chèvreloup in Rocquencourt, France

Picea abies 'Nidiformis'

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  Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, USA

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  Botanical Garden, Wrocław, Poland,

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  Picea abies cv. 'Nidiformis' Jasło, Poland.

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  Picea abies cv. 'Nidiformis' Jasło, Poland.

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  Brno, Czech Republic

Picea abies 'Pendula'

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  Phipps conservatory, Pittsburgh, USA

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  Phipps conservatory, Pittsburgh, USA

Picea abies 'Procumbens'

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  Jasło, Poland

Picea abies 'Virgata'

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  cv. 'Virgata'

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  cv. 'Virgata', hanging branchlets

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  Meilahti Arboretum in Helsinki, Finland

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  Meilahti Arboretum in Helsinki, Finland

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  Meilahti Arboretum in Helsinki, Finland

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  Meilahti Arboretum in Helsinki, Finland

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  Meilahti Arboretum in Helsinki, Finland

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  Meilahti Arboretum in Helsinki, Finland

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  Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden of The University of Helsinki, Finland

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  PAN Botanical Garden in Warsaw, Poland

Pests, diseases and damage

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  Czech Republic; some trees killed by Ips typographus

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  Gall caused by Adelges sp.

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  Gall caused by Adelges sp.

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  Gall caused by Adelges sp.

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  Browsing damage by Capreolus capreolus

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  Browsing damage by Capreolus capreolus

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  Browsing damage by Capreolus capreolus

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  Cones eaten by rodents

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  Cones eaten by rodents

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  Brown rot fungal decay, blown down

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  Snag tree with Fomitopsis pinicola with white rot

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  Trees killed by acid rain pollution, Erzgebirge, Germany

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  Trees killed by acid rain pollution, Erzgebirge, Germany

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  New plantation, replanted on forest killed by acid rain, Erzgebirge, Germany

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  Resin exudation from a sawn-off branch

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  Resin

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  Gall

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  Gall

Storm damage

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  Czech Republic

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  Storm Kyrill in Germany

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  Storm Kyrill in Germany

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  Storm Kyrill in Germany

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  Storm Kyrill in Germany

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  Storm Kyrill in Germany

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  Storm Kyrill in Germany

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  Storm Kyrill in Germany

Wood

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  Wood

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  Reaction-wood in a crosscut of a Spruce stump (Picea abies) growing on soft ground in a bog, near Björbo, Sweden (60°27'N 14°40'E)

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  Reaction-wood, Białowieża, Polska

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  Tree rings. (Dalarna, Sweden)

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  The two boards to the left are both of Scots Pine wood (Pinus sylvestris), and the one to the right is of Norway Spruce wood (Picea abies).

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  Simple pit and intercellular spaces between two ray parenchyma cells

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  Bordered pits

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  Piceoid, half-bordered pit in the cross field

Illustrations

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