Siberian Spruce

Picea obovata Pinaceae

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Northern Europe to Siberia and Kamchatka

Location

Urban Tree Collection, Urban Tree Collection, Conifer Slope

Source of plant

Peter Podaras

Description

Tree similar to P. abies but with slightly pendulous branches, twigs yellow-green, thinner, only slightly glossy, densely glandular pubescent, leaf cushions less prominent, buds conical, somewhat resinous, the basal scales somewhat cuspidate and shorter.

USDA Hardiness Zone

2