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Picea abies

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Picea abies

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Also known as Norway spruce, European spruce

species of plant

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Picea abies, commonly known as Norway spruce, is a species of evergreen plant in the family Pinaceae. It belongs to the genus Picea and is classified within the order Pinales, class Pinopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is Picea abies (L.) H.Karst., and it is also referred to by the short name P. abies. Other common names include Gemeine Fichte, Ель обыкновенная, Gran, and Épicéa commun.

The species is rated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, a status recorded in 2017. It is not extinct and has a longest observed lifespan of 468 years. Picea abies is a useful plant that serves as a source for spruce beer and tonewood. It has been introduced to various locations, including Belgium, Connecticut, Denmark, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Illinois, Ireland, Kentucky, Korea, Maine, and Massachusetts.

Synthesized by Vinony from 51 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Norway spruce

Picea abies

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassPinopsida
  4. OrderPinales
  5. FamilyPinaceae
Native toAlbania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece
Observations86,717
Observations recorded998,417

歐洲雲杉（學名：Picea abies、Norway spruce、European spruce），或譯作挪威雲杉，是一種大型常綠針葉樹，高達35-55公尺，樹幹直徑可達 1-1.5 公尺。2008年，一株由瑞典于默奧大學科學家在瑞典達拉納省境內的歐洲雲杉Old Tjikko經碳-14定年法後核實其樹齡高達9550歲，打破了一直以來在美國加利福尼亞州白山找到的一株刺果松4700歲的紀錄足足一倍有多，所以是目前世界上已知寿命最长的植物之一和世界上已知最長壽生物之一。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,957
With media
1,198
Family
Pinaceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, BARTLET ARBORETUM, MOR
Recorded in
Poland, United States, Sweden, Norway
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
useful plant
Parent taxon
Picea
Image
Picea abies IMG 6858.jpg
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taxon name
Picea abies
taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons category
Picea abies
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Picea abies
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28264
longest observed lifespan
468
taxon common name
欧洲云杉
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
foliage type
evergreen plant
short name
P. abies
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Encyclopedic overview

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".

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