Scientific Name:
Picea orientalis
Pronunciation:
PYE-see-uh or-ee-un-TAY-liss
Common Name:
oriental spruce
Family Name:
Pinaceae
Plant Type:
Conifer
Key ID Features:
Needles dark glossy green above with whitish stomatal bands below, 4-sided with blunt or acute tip, only 6-8mm long x 0.7-1mm wide (smallest of all local species); seed cones terminal, erect, becoming pendulous at maturity, often very numerous, sessile, narrowly cylindrical, tapering towards apex, green to purple before maturing to red-brown or dark purplish brown, 4.5-10cm long x 2-3.3cm wide. Conifers.org
Habit:
Arching, Spreading
Form:
Oval - vertical
Texture:
Fine
Mature Height:
15 - 22m
Mature Spread:
5 - 7m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Low
Landscape Uses:
Screening, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Tall background
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown or on campus include P. 'Aurea'.
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Needle-like
Arrangement:
Spiraled
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Distinctive smell
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Colour in Fall:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Acicular
Apices:
Acute, Obtuse
Bases:
Obtuse
Margins:
Entire
Inflorescence Type:
n/a (male cone)
Flower Morphology:
Monoecious plant
Colour (petals):
Male cone, No flowers, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Red
Flower Time at Peak:
Fruit Type:
Cone (winged seeds)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Oct, Nov
Additional Info:
Showy,
Bark Morphology:
Showy, Plated, Smooth, Single stem trunk
Bark or Stem Colour:
Grey
Leaf Bud Type:
Ovoid
Organ Modifications:
Ectomycorrhizae
Propagation:
Seed, Greenwood cuttings, Softwood cuttings, Grafting
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Blight or needle cast, Fungal leaf spot, Galls, Heart rot, Mistletoe, Mites, Nematodes, Scale insects (Pest resistant, Disease resistant)
Course(s):
- HORT 2355
Location(s):
- (FEA) Field lab Equipment Area : cv. Aurea
- (ONW) Overpass North side West
- (TFL) Turf Field Lab
- (TFLN) Turf Field Lab North : cv. Aurea - beaver damage