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Picea abies, commonly known as Norway spruce, is a large evergreen tree native to northern and central Europe that is widely cultivated around the world. It is economically important as a source of timber and paper, and is also popular as a Christmas tree and for ornamental landscaping.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPinopsida
- OrderPinales
- FamilyPinaceae
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- taxon
- Subclass of
- useful plant
- Parent taxon
- Picea
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- Picea abies IMG 6858.jpg
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Picea abies, the Norway spruce, Norway fir or European spruce, is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
It has branchlets that typically hang downwards, and the longest cones of any spruce, 9–17 cm long. It is very closely related to the Siberian spruce (Picea obovata), which replaces it east of the Ural Mountains, and with which it hybridises freely. The Norway spruce has a wide distribution, being planted for its wood, and is the species used as a Christmas tree in several countries around the world. It was the first gymnosperm to have its genome sequenced. The Latin specific epithet abies means "like Abies, Fir tree".