Picea abies
Common name
Norway spruce
Family
Pinaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
PICABI
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
No flowers
Etymology
abies: Origin unclear, possibly from the Latin verb abeo ‘depart’, referring to the great height attained by some species