OF Ohio 



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NORWAY SPRUCE 



Picea Abies. (Linnaeus) Karsten 



THE Norway Spruce is not native to Ohio, but it has 

 been planted extensively for ornamental and locally for 

 forestry purposes in this State. 



The leaves are H to 1 inch long. 4-sided, dark green. 



NORWAY SPRUCE 

 One-half natural size. 



sharp-pointed, and attached to twigs by short and slender 

 stalk-Iike projections of bark. 



The cones arc 4 to 7 inches long, cylindrical, without stalks 

 or very short-stalked, usually hang down from end of 

 branches. The cone-scales arc thin, broad, reddish-brown, 

 finely toothed along margin. No other spruce tree, planted 

 widely m Ohio, has such large cones. 



The bark on old trunks is roughened by rather large red- 

 dish-brown scales. The twigs are light reddish-brown, 

 roughened by projecting leaf-bases. On older trees they often 

 assume a characteristic drooping or weeping habit. 



The wood is light, soft, white, straight-grained, easily 

 worked. Heartwood and sapwood are not distinguishable 

 from each other. Used for paper pulp, interior finish, crates 

 and baskets. 



The Norway Spruce is native to middle Europe. It is the 

 principal tree in the famous Black Forest of Europe, prefers 

 rich, moist soil, and is rather tolerant of shade. It has been 

 said that "the Norway Spruce is the best-paying forest tree 

 in the world." During the last ten years approximately one 

 million Norway Spruce have been planted in Ohio for Christ- 

 mas tree purposes. 



