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  Guide to the Common Trees of Pennsylvania

Trees | Glossary | Visual Guide | Leaf Parts, Types, & Position

Norway Spruce
(Needle-Shaped or Linear)
A European species that has become a valuable naturalized member of our forests, and extensively planted as an ornamental. A large tree with a dense conical crown. Branchlets on older trees droop. Wood used chiefly for paper pulp, boxes, crates and lumber.

Norway Spruce
Picea abies (L.) Karst
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Leaves
Evergreen needles occur singly, spirally arranged on twigs, sharp-pointed, four-sided, usually 3/4" long, dark green.
Twigs
Bright, golden-brown. Buds egg-shaped, darker than twigs.
Fruit
A cylindrical cone, 4"-7" long, light brown; scales with finely toothed margin, broader than long.
Bark
Relatively thin, reddish brown, scaly, becoming gray-brown but seldom furrowed on old trees.

Select a Tree from a menu below, or download the Visual Guide

Needle-Shaped or Linear

  

Wide & Flat: Opposite Arrangement

Wide and Flat: Alternate Arrangement

Information courtesy of:
PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
 
 

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