PINACEAE - - Pine Family

* Picea abies (Linnaeus) H. Karsten — Norway Spruce

* this species is not native to the United States.

Norway Spruce (Picea abies) - A tall tree often planted in the north or interior sections of the SE, rarely naturalized. In some areas of the Blue Ridge, planted stands are reproducing by seed and establishing seedlings. Juvenile plants are difficult to separate from the native species. Twigs are usually glabrous. Needles more bluntly pointed on mature trees, and cones are 10—15 cm. long. The drooping nature of the twigs and branchlets on lower limbs is apparent only on mature specimens.

Habitat:

Persisting and escaping from forestry plantations at moderate or high elevations, notably in e. WV, Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Kephart Prong), Mount Mitchell State Park, and the Biltmore Estate; native of n. Europe.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Picea abies (Norway Spruce)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].