Norway Spruce
Picea abies · Pinaceae · 독일가문비나무
How to spot it
Marked by four-angled needles, long cones hanging down, and drooping twigs as the tree ages.
Look
- Leaves
- Four-angled needles attached to small pegs on the twigs.
- Flowers
- Pollen cones are yellowish-brown and clustered on the shoot; young seed cones are purple and upright, then hang down as they mature.
- Fruit
- Long cones hang down, ripening from green or purple to silvery brown. The black seeds have light brown wings.
- Bark
- As the tree ages the bark thickens and flakes off in scales.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Planted
- Native to
- Europe.
- Ecology
- Suited to cool summers; birds, small mammals and moths use it.