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Norway Spruce
Picea abies
Distinguishing Features: Long narrow cones with notched scales
- Type: Evergreen
- Form at maturity: 40 to 60 feet tall and 35 to 30 feet wide, conical in shape with horizontal and hanging branchlets
- Leaf: 0.5 to 1 inch long, stiff and pointed, medium green needles which tend to point downwards and towards the stem tip
- Flower: Monoecious, female flowers are terminal and are pink in color
- Bark: Gray brown colored, peeling and thin scaled bark
- Fruit or Seed: Cones found at the ends of branches, mature cones are long and narrow; 4 inches to 6 inches long by 1.5 inches to 2 inches wide, light green color turning to a medium brown at maturity
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Picea abies fruit
Picea abies leaf
