Common name
English: Norway Spruce
German: Gemeine Fichte
Mandarin: 欧洲云杉 (ou zhou yun shan)
English: Norway Spruce
German: Gemeine Fichte
Mandarin: 欧洲云杉 (ou zhou yun shan)
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Pinopsida (36)
Order: Pinales (35)
Family: Pinaceae (18)(family description)
Genus: Picea (1)
Epithet: abies (L.) H.Karst. (1)
Synonyms: Abies clambrasiliana Lavallée, Abies clanbrassiliana P.Lawson, Abies coerulescens K.Koch, Abies communis P.Lawson, Abies conica Lavallée, Abies cranstonii Lavallée, Abies elegans Sm., Abies eremita K.Koch, Abies excelsa Lam., Abies finedonensis Gordon, Abies gigantea Sm., Abies gregoryana H.Low., Abies inverta R.Sm., Abies lemoniana Booth, Abies minima Lavallée, Abies minuta Poir., Abies mucronata Rausch, Abies parvula Knight, Abies pumila Voss, Abies viminalis Wahlenb., Larix decidua f. pendula (P.Lawson) R.E.Fr., Picea abies f. argentea (Beissn.) Rehder, Picea cranstonii Beissn., Picea elegantissima Beissn., Picea excelsa f. argentea Beissn., Picea finedonensis Beissn., Picea gregoryana Beissn., Picea maxwellii Beissn., Picea remontii Beissn., Picea velebitica Simonk., Pinus abies f. inversa (Gordon) Voss, Pinus carpathicus Gordon, Pinus cinerea Borkh., Pinus clanbrassiliana Lodd., Pinus orientalis Frivald, Pinus vulgaris Link
abies => lat. for silver fir tree
cinerea => ashen-grey
communis => common, or growing in society
elegans => graceful, neat, nice
excelsa => high, elevated
gigantea => gigantic, unusually higher than the type
minima => very small
minuta => smaller, lesser
mucronata => terminating, an organ with a straight, stiff and sharp point
orientalis => eastern
pumila => short, very small, low, small, dwarf
vulgaris => common, everyday
Climate: temperate
Habit: tree
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