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Picea orientalis 'Nigra'
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Common name:
black oriental spruce
Family:
Pinaceae (pine family)
Distribution:
Species native to Caucasus Mountains (Georgia) and Turkey
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Evergreen tree
Comments:
An open and irregularly conical small-needled conifer growing to 60' tall. Branches are horizontal and sometimes pendulous. Slow growth rate. Has reddish purple young cones which turn brown as they mature. Plant as a specimen or a protected screen.
Links:
American Conifer Society Database
Locations
1:
CON: CM13
(CM13)
• Accession: D1998-0402.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
FLS: BT22
(BT22)
• Accession: D1998-0402.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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