Pinaceae
Picea

Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.

First published in Deut. Fl.: 325 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42318/71233492

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation
Picea abies is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -7.35, which places it in position 741 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 12.85, ranked 184. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
[EDGE]

Common Names

english
Norway spruce
unknown
Hamburg burgundy pitch, Norway spruce, Swiss pine, Swiss turpentine, abeto rojo (Spanish), bois de clavier, burgundy pitch, common spruce, deal, epicea, fine burgund pitch, fir, kuusi gran spruce, pix burgundica, pix burgundica ver, pyramidata, red spruce, tannen, true burgundy pitch, turpentine, white pine wood

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images