Picea abies
Norway spruce · also European spruce, Common spruce
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Picea abies is a fast-growing evergreen conifer with a graceful, cone-shaped canopy and dark green needles on pendulous stems. It is native to Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe. This species is notably tolerant of heat, humidity, poor soils, and air pollution, providing habitat for various wildlife, though it is sensitive to wind due to its shallow root system.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3,5520.52%—14 in
- 3,4221.3%—11 in
- 2,9210.90%—13 in
- 2,4501.6%12 yr7.5 in
- 1,9792.7%—16 in
- 1,4250.43%7.9 yr6.3 in
- 1,2291.6%—15 in
- 9710.20%—12 in
- 5330.05%—2.5 in
- 4550.55%—11 in
- 3300.18%—13 in
- 3200.69%—11 in
- 2800.04%—8.0 in
- 2780.06%33 yr10 in
- 2320.08%43 yr9.8 in
- 2140.18%23 yr12 in
- 1910.06%—3.0 in
- 1810.24%—9.3 in
- 1750.39%—2.6 in
- 1650.07%—9.1 in
- 1491.3%—26 in
- 1420.03%—5.9 in
- 1350.86%—13 in
- 890.04%—16 in
- 600.17%—12 in
- 320.01%—9.4 in
- 140.03%——
- 90.02%14 yr5.1 in
- 70.06%—12 in
- 60.00%—6.3 in
- 60.00%—1.9 in
- 50.00%—3.5 in
- 50.02%—14 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 50–100 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25–40 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Pollution tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 11 in, mean 12 in, 90th percentile 21 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Balkan mixed forests
- Baltic mixed forests
- Central European mixed forests
- East European forest steppe
- North Atlantic moist mixed forests
Other Picea in the catalogue
20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
