Picea abies - Norway spruce

Norway spruce (Picea abies) is an evergreen conifer native to Europe, valued for its timber, resin, and windbreak use. Its young catkins, immature cones, and shoot tips are eaten or made into tea, while its dried inner bark has been used only as an emergency food, ground into flour when other food is unavailable.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 2¹
• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹
• Wet soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Emergency food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Wood¹

Type

• Picea spp. - Spruce
• Tree
• Evergreen

Functions

• Windbreak¹
• Ground cover¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Footnotes

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