Picea omorika
Serbian spruce
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Picea omorika, or Serbian spruce, is a slender, conical evergreen conifer with pendulous branches and dark green needles with silvery undersides. Native to the Drina River valley in western Serbia and eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, it prefers well-drained soils. This species is vulnerable in its native habitat due to deforestation.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 5670.36%7.0 yr2.0 in
- 5360.73%—5.9 in
- 4800.18%—2.4 in
- 4270.13%5.2 yr2.0 in
- 3310.05%—5.9 in
- 2690.08%—3.5 in
- 2430.13%—3.0 in
- 1080.22%42 yr—
- 970.03%—3.0 in
- 950.02%34 yr9.1 in
- 860.03%34 yr9.8 in
- 560.01%—0.4 in
- 490.31%17 yr5.9 in
- 470.10%—5.9 in
- 310.09%—2.8 in
- 270.01%3.4 yr2.4 in
- 100.00%—6.6 in
- 90.01%23 yr21 in
- 70.00%—4.0 in
- 20.02%—5.9 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 50–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–30 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.1 in, mean 5.1 in, 90th percentile 11 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
Other Picea in the catalogue
20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
