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| Picea abies
Norway spruceCultivated for many centuries, this popular and graceful evergreen tree boasts a pyramidal habit with pendulous older branches, rich dark green color and an impressive size. It has been widely planted in the Midwest.| Habit: | Tall pyramidal with a straight central leader, horizontal lateral branches, and distinctly pendulous tertiary branches; it tends to lose its form and lower branches with age | | Size: | 60-90' high in the landscape, 130-215' in native range Color: Deep green | | Texture: | Medium-fine | | Hardiness: | Zone 3a USDA, but not adapted beyond zone 7 due to heat | | Habitat: | Norway - Ural Mountains of Russia - Balkans - Switzerland | | Family: | Pinaceae | |
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