Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Norway Spruce - Picea abies   (L.) Karsten
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Author(L.) Karsten
DistributionSaplings established locally in Swain and Yancey counties in the 1970s. Updates of these populations would be welcome. Records from 8 other counties are of cultivated or planted trees.

Native of northern Europe and Asia; in N.A. frequently established in eastern Canada and the northeastern U.S.
AbundanceRare.
HabitatMontane slopes, established from plantings not far distant.
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IdentificationNorway Spruce has sharply pointed, stiff needles up to an inch long. The lower branches usually droop. the twigs are rather glabrous, versus pubescent in Red Spruce (P. rubens).
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