Picea omorika

Pinaceae Picea omorika (Pancic) Purk.

Etymology
Picea refers to the classical names for spruces.
omorika refers to the local name for this tree.

Colloquial Name
Serbian spruce

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
1, 13, YUG, YUG-SE

Habitat
The natural habitats for Picea omorika are temperate forests, rocky areas. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Picea omorika that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 5
Picea omorika is hardy to USDA Zone 5 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -28.9C (-20F) to -23.3C (-10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Picea omorika is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Picea omorika and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.5 Direct Human Disturbance
• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.2 Biological Resource Use
• 4 Invasive Species / Pathogens & Genetic Risks
  • 4.2 Problematic Native Species & Diseases
• 5 Natural System Modifications
  • 5.1 Fire & Fire Suppression

IUCN Category – EN
According to the IUCN Red List, Picea omorika has been assigned the status of EN(Endangered). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species qualifies as Endangered and is very much at risk.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Picea omorika is Subsect. Omorikae. The coordinate taxa for Picea omorika are therefore:

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

Cultivars
‘Alexandra’, ‘Arendal’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Bad Bewensen’, ‘Bedgebury WB’, ‘Berliner’s Weeper’, ‘Blue Sky’, ‘Bruns’, ‘Buchtmann’, ‘Buttermilk Falls’, ‘De Ruyter’, ‘Dumme’, ‘Elegance’, ‘Elizabeth’, ‘Expansa’, ‘Fassei’, ‘Freya’, ‘Fröndenberg’, ‘Frohnleiten’, ‘Gotelli Weeping’, ‘Günther’, ‘Hallonet’, ‘Havel’, ‘HB Nr 2 Horstmann’, ‘HB Nr 3 Horstmann’, ‘Horstrich’, ‘Hradec Kralová’, ‘Kamenz’, ‘Karel’, ‘Kraca’, ‘Kucks Weeping’, ‘Kuschel’, ‘Kuschen’, ‘Liberec’, ‘Linda’, ‘Minimax’, ‘Miriam’, ‘Nana’, ‘Omaston No. 1’, ‘Ostrava’, ‘Pancake’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Pendula Bruns’, ‘Pendula Kuck’, ‘Pendula Major’, ‘Pendula Sněžná’, ‘Peve Tijn’, ‘Pimoko’, ‘Pimpf’, ‘Poštorná’, ‘Pygmy’, ‘Radloff’, ‘Red Spring’, ‘Riverside’, ‘Roter Austrieb’, ‘Schneverdingen’, ‘Skytrails’, ‘T.C. Weeping’, ‘Tijn’, ‘Trebec’, ‘Treblitsch’, ‘Tremonia’, ‘Valenta’, ‘Virgata’, ‘Westerstede’, ‘White Tips’, ‘White Tops’, ‘Wodan’, ‘W.P.A.’, ‘Zíma’, ‘Zuckerhut’