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European spruce
Charles Risen, Pixabay

European spruce

Picea abies

  • Height: medium to tall tree, up to 40 m
  • Trunk: young trees reddish-brown, cracking scaly with grey tones when old, often greenish on weather side
  • Leaves: pointed needles 4-edged with stomata on all sides or flat with stomata downwards, fused to the twig at the base
  • Fruits/seeds: Elongated, cylindrical cones, initially protruding, later drooping, seeds with spoon-like wings

 

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