Picea abies

Pinaceae Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.

Etymology
Picea refers to the classical names for spruces.
abies refers to the classical name for firs; Linnaeus called this species Pinus abies.

Colloquial Name
Norway spruce

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Picea abies:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
1, 10, FIN, NOR, SWE, 11, AUT, AUT-AU, AUT-LI, CZE, CZE-CZ, CZE-SL, GER, HUN, POL, SWI, 12, FRA, FRA-FR, 13, ALB, BUL, GRC, ITA, ITA-IT, ROM, YUG, YUG-BH, YUG-CR, YUG-KO, YUG-MA, YUG-MN, YUG-SE, YUG-SL, 14, BLR, BLT, BLT-ES, BLT-LA, BLT-LI, RUC, RUG, RUE, RUN, RUW, UKR, UKR-MO, UKR-UK

Habitat
The natural habitats for Picea abies are boreal forests, temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1 up to 2000 metres. Other conifers associated with Picea abies are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 4
Picea abies is hardy to USDA Zone 4 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -34.4C (-30F) to 28.9C (-20F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Picea abies is stable. There are no known threats for Picea abies.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Picea abies has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Picea abies is Series Picea. The coordinate taxa for Picea abies are therefore:

Picea abies is further placed under Pinoideae. Picea abies is also placed under Pinaceae.

Cultivars
‘Aarburg’, ‘Abbeyleixensis’, ‘Abishenski Pendula’, ‘Acrocona’, ‘Acrocona Nana’, ‘Acro-yellow’, ‘Acrozwerg’, ‘Acutissima’, ‘Ami’, ‘Antonie’, ‘Araucarioides’, ‘Archangelica’, ‘Archer’, ‘Argentea’, ‘Argentea Pendula’, ‘Argenteospica’, ‘Arnold Dwarf’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aurea Jakobsen’, ‘Aurea Magnifica’, ‘Aurea WB’, ‘Aurescens’, ‘Bally’, ‘Bambino’, ‘Bant’, ‘Barryi’, ‘Beissneri’, ‘Bella’, ‘Bennett’s Miniature’, ‘Bergman’s Flat Top’, ‘Berry Gardens’, ‘Bílá Strž’, ‘Blatný’, ‘Blue Trout’, ‘Bohemica’, ‘Bonitz’, ‘Borkenhagen’, ‘Borovec’, ‘Brabant’, ‘Brevifolia’, ‘Brevifolia Argentea’, ‘Brno’, ‘Bruff’, ‘Bruka’, ‘Brunn’, ‘Buves’, ‘Calvary Upright’, ‘Capitata’, ‘Ceejay’s Gem’, ‘Cejkovky’, ‘Cellensis’, ‘Červena’, ‘Chloumek’, ‘Choltice’, ‘Chrudim WB’, ‘Cincinnata’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Clanbrassiliana’, ‘Clanbrassiliana Elegans’, ‘Clanbrassiliana Stricta’, ‘Cobra’, ‘Cohassett’, ‘Columnaris’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Compacta Asselyn’, ‘Compacta Pyramidalis’, ‘Compressa’, ‘Congesta’, ‘Conica Elegans’, ‘Coolwyn Globe’, ‘Cornell Broom’, ‘Cranstonii’, ‘Crippsii’, ‘Cruenta’, ‘Cukrák’, ‘Cupressina’, ‘Dan’s Dwarf’, ‘Dazzler’, ‘Decumbens’, ‘Densa’, ‘Denudata’, ‘Depressa’, ‘Dicksonii’, ‘Diedorfiana’, ‘Diffusa’, ‘Dolanky’, ‘Doone Valley’, ‘Dubrava’, ‘Dumosa’, ‘Dumpy’, ‘Dundang’, ‘Echiniformis’, ‘Effusa’, ‘Elegans’, ‘Elegantissima’, ‘Ellwangeriana’, ‘Emsland’, ‘Engadin’, ‘Eva’, ‘Fähndrich’, ‘Falcata’, ‘Falcatoviminalis’, ‘Farnsburg’, ‘Faskally Sport’, ‘Fat Cat’, ‘Finedonensis’, ‘Formánek’, ‘Four Winds’, ‘Fritsche’, ‘Frohburg’, ‘Gamshutte’, ‘Gem’, ‘Gerhard’, ‘Glauca Fastigiata’, ‘Glauca Pendula’, ‘Globosa’, ‘Goblin’, ‘Gold Drift’, ‘Gold Dust’, ‘Gold Strike’, ‘Gracildam’, ‘Gregoryana Parsonsii’, ‘Gregoryana’, ‘Gregoryana WB’, ‘Gregoryana Veitchii’, ‘Güdüla’, ‘Gull’s Nest’, ‘Gymnoclada’, ‘Haga’, ‘Harrachii’, ‘Hasin’, ‘Hauenstein’, ‘Heartland Gem’, ‘Helene Cordes’, ‘Highlandia’, ‘Hiiumaa’, ‘Hildburghausen’, ‘Hillside Upright’, ‘Himfa’, ‘Hlubdt’, ‘Holmstrup’, ‘Höpen’, ‘Horizontalis’, ‘Hornibrookii’, ‘Horace Wilson’, ‘Horstmann Yellow’, ‘Humilis’, ‘Humphrey’s Gem’, ‘Hystrix’, ‘Inversa’, ‘Inversa Viridis Ďáblice’, ‘Iola’, ‘Ives’, ‘Jakobsen’, ‘Jana’, ‘Japan Cream’, ‘Jessy’, ‘Jizerske Hory’, ‘Jogeua’, ‘Johanka’, ‘Kaiser’, ‘Kalmthout’, ‘Kamberk’, ‘Kámon’, ‘Kapeller’, ‘Karlotejn’, ‘Karlsbo’, ‘Katka’, ‘Katusice’, ‘Kellerman’s Blue Cameo’, ‘Keven’, ‘Kingsville Fluke’, ‘Kirkpatrick’, ‘Klokočka’, ‘Kluis’, ‘Knaptonensis’, ‘Konca’, ‘Kornell’s Yellow Dwarf’, ‘Kotel’, ‘Kraca’, ‘Král’, ‘Kremelec’, ‘Krňák’, ‘Krockling’, ‘Krting’, ‘Kyzvart’, ‘Lanham’s Beehive’, ‘Lawine’, ‘Layne’s Globe’, ‘Lazne Kinzvart’, ‘Lemon Drop’, ‘Liltental’, ‘Little Gem’, ‘Little Joe’, ‘Lombartsii’, ‘Loreley’, ‘Lovik’, ‘Lubecensis’, ‘Lucky Strike’, ‘Luna’, ‘Luua’, ‘Luua Parl’, ‘Maleček’, ‘Malena’, ‘Mali WB’, ‘Marcella’, ‘Mariae Orffiae’, ‘Mauthneralm’, ‘Maxwellii’, ‘Medioaurea’, ‘Medusa’, ‘Merkii’, ‘Microphylla’, ‘Microsperma’, ‘Midget’, ‘Midland No. 2’, ‘Mikulašovice’, ‘Millcreek Broom’, ‘Millstream Broom’ , ‘Minima Kalous’, ‘Minuta’, ‘Minutifolia’, ‘Monstrosa’, ‘Moscowensis’, ‘Moskowika’, ‘Motala’, ‘Mountain Dew’, ‘Mucronata’, ‘Muhlerin’, ‘Murphy’, ‘Mutabilis’, ‘Mýta’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nana Compacta’, ‘Nana Kalous’, ‘Nidiformis’, ‘Nitidiformis Kalous’, ‘Norrkoping’, ‘Norway Pyramid Broom’, ‘Nový Dvůr’, ‘Obergärtner Bruns’, ‘Ohlendorffii’, ‘Orks’, ‘Ottsjo’, ‘Pachyphylla’, ‘Paleček’, ‘Parsonsii’, ‘Parviformis’, ‘Pavelka’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Pendula Bohemica’, ‘Pendula Harrachii’, ‘Pendula Major’, ‘Pendula Monstrosa’, ‘Pendula Variegated’, ‘Perry’s Gold’, ‘Pesula’, ‘Petra’, ‘Phylicoides’, ‘Pirna’, ‘Piskowitz’, ‘Plumosa’, ‘Praga’, ‘Pragense’, ‘Praha’, ‘Procumbens’, ‘Pruhoniceana’, ‘Psáry’, ‘Pseudomaxwellii’, ‘Pseudoprostrata’, ‘Pumila’, ‘Pumila Glauca’, ‘Pumila Nigra’, ‘Pusch’, ‘Pustertal’, ‘Putzii Č. 1’, ‘Putzii Č. 2’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pygmaea WB’, ‘Pyramidalis Gracilis’, ‘Pyramidalis Robusta’, ‘Pyramidata’, ‘Ramosa’, ‘Raraflora Weeper’, ‘Recurvata’, ‘Reflexa’, ‘Reissengebirge’, ‘Remontii’, ‘Repens’, ‘Repens Gold’, ‘Repens WB No. 1’, ‘Ripley Broom’, ‘Rocesti’, ‘Rose Ear’, ‘Rothenhausii’, ‘Rubra Spicata’, ‘Rydal’, ‘Saint James’, ‘Sargentii’, ‘Schirrmann’, ‘Schmid’s Pendula’, ‘Seglora’, ‘Sherwoodii’, ‘Sherwood Multnomah’, ‘Silberkissen’, ‘Silberkugel’, ‘Spring Fire’, ‘Stadttal’, ‘Stoderl’, ‘Stoner’, ‘St James’, ‘Summergold’, ‘Suncrest’, ‘Svatá Trojice’, ‘Svatý Jan’, ‘Svojek Č. 2’, ‘Tabuliformis’, ‘Thumbelina’, ‘Tompa’, ‘Tufty’, ‘Tutsberg’, ‘Typner’, ‘Ulental’, ‘Van Bemmel’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Varnes Broom’, ‘Vassar Broom’, ‘Vassar Broom SDL No. 1’, ‘Veitchii’, ‘Vermont Gold’, ‘Viminalis’, ‘Virgata’, ‘Virgata Hexenbesen’, ‘Vyrch Czadeczka’, ‘Wagner’, ‘Wartburg’, ‘Waugh’, ‘WB Cone’, ‘Weeping Blue’, ‘Wellington’, ‘Wells Green Globe’, ‘Wichtel’, ‘Wills Zwerg’, ‘Wingle’s Pendula’, ‘Winklers Wang’, ‘Witches’ Brood’, ‘Yamina’, ‘Zaječice’, ‘Zillertal’