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Norway Spruce

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

Picea abies, the Norway spruce or European spruce, is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, with branchlets that typically hang downward and the longest cones of any spruce, 9 to 17 centimetres long. It is closely related to and hybridizes freely with the Siberian spruce, which replaces it east of the Ural Mountains, and it is widely planted for timber and as the Christmas tree of choice in several countries; it was also the first gymnosperm species to have its genome sequenced.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Seed cones 9 to 17 cm long, the longest of any spruce 1
Scientific Name
Picea abies 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Picea, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Norway Spruce
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Albania, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belarus, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bulgaria, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Finland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Greece, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Hungary, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Iceland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ireland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Poland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Romania, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Switzerland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ukraine, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Picea abies
  • Lead paragraph
    Picea abies, the Norway spruce
  • Infobox, conservation status
    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
  • Description
    (the longest of any spruce)
View the Source
2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)View the Source
Wikidata: Norway Spruce
  • Wikidata Q145992, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Picea, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
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