| Scientific Name: | Picea abies |
| Common Name: | Norway spruce |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Forestry, Screening, Specimen plant, Tall background, Wind break |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Prickly, Glabrous, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Branchlets long, pendulous; twigs orange-brown, usually glabrous; needles radial, 4-sided, 1-2.5cm long; seed cones (10-)12-16cm long x 5-6cm wide when mature. General ID features for spruce: needles are short, rigid, prickly, and leave pegs when removed; cones are pendulous. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Picea_abies.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |