Norway Spruce
(Picea abies)

French names: Épicéa commun

Family: Pine Family (Pinaceae)

Distinctive features: Tree;Drooping branches.

Similar species:
  •   White Spruce (Picea glauca)

  •   Red Spruce (Picea rubens)

  •   Black Spruce (Picea mariana)


Flowers: Spring

Leaves: Coniferous;  Needles

Habitat: Open areas, where planted.

Books: Trees in Canada: 108   

Native/Non-native: Non-Native

Status: Common where planted.

Photographs: 67 photographs available, of which 12 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

  

Norway Spruce trees are beautiful spruce trees with branches that hang down, as in the above photo. They are not native to North America.

Closeup view of the needles. These are typical Spruce needles, in that they are 4-sided (but not necessarily square).

Developing cones. These are not yet "ripe".

A pile of fallen (or harvested by squirrels) Norway Spruce cones.

Squirrels will sometimes place the cones on a branch of the tree.

The cones are an important winter food source for squirrels (usually Red Squirrels).

Trunk and bark.

Pollen cones developing in the spring (late May).

The cones opening up.

  

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