North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

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Picea abies

Picea abies (L.) Karst.

norway spruce

Synonym(s): Picea excelsa
Cultivar(s): Capitata, Clanbrassiliana, Gregoryana, Nidiformis, Pendula, Procumbens, Pumila, Reflexa, Remontii, Tabuliformis, Veitchii Nana

Image ID: 5390
Image by: Hardin, J.W.
Image Collection: Herbarium Collection

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: PIAB
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Picea abies
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2019-11-25

CULTIVAR INDEX

Cult_id	Cultivar_name	Action
1469	Capitata	View
1470	Clanbrassiliana	View
1471	Gregoryana	View
1472	Nidiformis	View
1473	Pendula	View
1474	Procumbens	View
1475	Pumila	View
1476	Reflexa	View
1477	Remontii	View
1478	Tabuliformis	View
1479	Veitchii Nana	View

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: PICEA
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Picea
GENUS AUTHORITY: A. Dietr.
GENUS COMMON: Spruce
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 35-40 species, trees, of cool temperate and boreal parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
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GENUS REFERENCES: Taylor in FNA (1993b); Page in Kramer & Green (1990).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: PINACE
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Pinaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Sprengel ex F. Rudolphi 1830
FAMILY COMMON: Pine Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 12 genera and about 220 species, trees and shrubs, almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Thieret in FNA (1993b); Price (1989)=Z; Page in Kramer & Green (1990).

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DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Tree

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NATIVE RANGE: Europe

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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
504	1985-0120			View
505	1985-0121			View
506	1985-0122			View
507	1985-0123			View
508	1985-0124			View
509	1985-0125			View
510	1985-0126			View
511	1985-0127			View
512	1985-0129			View
513	1985-0130			View
514	1985-0131			View
515	1985-0132			View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
1135	504	155	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
1136	505	177	NCBG staff	1980-03-28	View
1137	506	177	NCBG staff	1980-02-22	View
1138	507	177	NCBG staff	1967-12-01	View
1139	508	166	NCBG staff	1978-11-19	View
1140	509	177	NCBG staff	1980-02-22	View
1141	510	177	NCBG staff	1980-02-22	View
1142	511	177	NCBG staff	1980-03-26	View
1143	512	166	NCBG staff	1978-11-09	View
1144	513	177	NCBG staff	1980-03-27	View
1145	514	198	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
1146	515	177	NCBG staff	1981-04-08	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: PIAB
USDA Common Name: Norway Spruce
Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I)
Distribution: USA (CT, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, QC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Picea abies
COMMON NAME: Norway Spruce
SYNONYMY: [= FNA, Il, K, Pa, WV]
PHENOLOGY:
HABITAT: Fairly commonly planted in the montane and northern parts of our area as a street or yard tree, also persisting and escaping from forestry plantations at moderate or high elevations, notably in e. WV, Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Kephart Prong), Mount Mitchell State Park, and the Biltmore Estate; native of n. Europe.
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RANGE MAP: Picea abies.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Pinaceae Sprengel ex F. Rudolphi 1830 (Pine Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 12 genera and about 220 species, trees and shrubs, almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere.
REFERENCE: Thieret in FNA (1993b); Price (1989)=Z; Page in Kramer & Green (1990).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Picea A. Dietr. (Spruce)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 35-40 species, trees, of cool temperate and boreal parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
REFERENCE: Taylor in FNA (1993b); Page in Kramer & Green (1990).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Picea abies in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Picea abies in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Picea abies in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Picea abies in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Picea abies in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Picea abies

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 5390 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 5390 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 5390 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)