Species:

(Picea glauca (Moench) Voss)
-> Genus: Picea (Picea) -> Family: Pinaceae (Pinaceae) -> Group: Gymnosperms

Habitus

  • tree 40 - 50 m high

Leaves (assimilation organs)

  • assimilation organs needle-like , blue-green (light), 1.0-2.5 cm long, slightly bent, densely arranged around the entire twig
  • in cross-section square with rows of whitish vents (stripes) on the sides
  • distinctly aromatic when crushed

Flowers

  • monoecious woody plant flowers , heterosexual
  • ♂ cones are oblong-ovoid, first reddish-purple, later yellowish-violet, 2.0 - 2.5 cm in size
  • ♀ cones are broadly ovoid, crimson-red

Fruits – seeds

  • fruit is a cone, cylindrical, about 5 cm large, seed scales are sparse, oval ( a good distinguishing feature)
  • the seed is ovoid, 2 - 3 mm large, dark brown, placed in a spoon-like shape on a 7 - 10 mm long membranous wing

Extension

  • it originally grows in the north of the North American continent - mostly in Canada, where it is an important economic tree

Significance

  • in Slovakia it is grown as an ornamental park tree
  • mainly its conical growth form (cultivar) Conica is used - it grows slowly and thickens well, grows to a height of 2 m
  • in Canada it is an important economic tree