Pinaceae

Norway spruce

Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea

Pets and kids

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Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Norway spruce: A Spruce (Picea abies) by Keila-Paldiski railway (Estonia). — Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (74)

Arabic: راتينجية دائحة, الراتينجية التنوبية, الراتينجية الدائحة, تنوب, راتنج تنوبي, راتينجية تنوبية, راتينجية شوحية, صنوبر صغير
Armenian: Եղևնի սովորական
arz: تنوب شوحى
azb: عادی کوکنار
Azerbaijani: Adi küknar
Basque: Izei gorri
Belarusian: Елка еўрапейская, Эўрапейская яліна, Елка звычайная, Елка, Елка эўрапейская, Эўрапейская елка, Яліна, Яліна звычайная
Bulgarian: Обикновен смърч
Catalan: Avet roig
Chinese: 欧洲云杉, 歐洲雲杉, 挪威雲杉
Corsican: Pinu rossu
Croatian: Visoka smreka, Obična smreka
csb: Dana
cv: Ахаль чăрăш
Czech: Smrk ztepilý, Chamaepicea fatrense
Danish: Rødgran, Rød-Gran
dsb: Wšedny škrjok
Dutch: Fijnspar, Gewone spar
English: Norway spruce, European spruce
Esperanto: Ordinara piceo
Estonian: Harilik kuusk, Kuusk, Nõglapuu
Finnish: Metsäkuusi, Euroopankuusi, Kuusi, Näre
French: Faux sapin, Gentil sapin, Pesse, Pin pleureur, Sapin du Nord, Sapin rouge, Sapinette, Sérente
frp: Pèssa
Georgian: Ჩვეულებრივი ნაძვი
German: Gemeine Fichte, Fichte, Gewöhnliche Fichte, Rot-Tanne, Rotfichte, Rottanne
Greek: Ερυθρελάτη
Hebrew: אשוחית נורווגית, Norway Sqruce
hsb: Wšědny šmrěk
Hungarian: Közönséges lucfenyő
Icelandic: Rauðgreni
Indonesian: Separ Norwegia
Irish: Sprús Lochlannach
Italian: Abete rosso, Abeti rossi
Japanese: オウシュウトウヒ, ドイツトウヒ, ドイツマツ, ドイツ松, ヨーロッパトウヒ, 欧州唐檜
koi: Миян кӧз
Korean: 독일가문비나무
Latvian: Parastā egle, Egle
li: Vich
Lithuanian: Paprastoji eglė
lld: Aidin - peció
Luxembourgish: Fiicht
Macedonian: Обична смрча
mrj: Кож
myv: Европань куз, Pícea ábies
Norwegian Bokmål: Gran
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gran, Grantre
os: Хуымæтæджы наз
Pashto: اروپايي صنوبر
Persian: کاج نوئل
Polish: Świerk pospolity, Świerk biały
Quechua: Pisya, Pícea
Romanian: Molid
Romansh: Pign
rup: Muliftu
Russian: Ель обыкновенная, Ель европейская, Обыкновенная ель
se: Guossa
Serbian: Европска смрча
sgs: Eglė, Aglė, Ėglė
sjd: Кӯсс
sje: Guossa
Slovak: Smrek obyčajný
Slovenian: Navadna smreka
sma: Goese
smj: Guossa
smn: Kuosâ
sms: Kuõss
Spanish: Abeto rojo, Falso abeto
Swedish: Gran, Ormgran, Rödgran, Vanlig gran
Turkish: Avrupa ladini
Ukrainian: Ялина європейська
vep: Järgeline kuz'
Welsh: Sbriwsen Norwy
wuu: 欧洲云杉

Synonyms

Abies abies (L.) Druce
Abies carpatica (Loudon) Ravenscr.
Abies cinerea Borkh.
Abies clambrasiliana Lavallée
Abies clanbrassiliana P.Lawson
Abies coerulescens K.Koch
Abies communis P.Lawson
Abies communis Lindl.
Abies communis var. pendula Booth ex P.Lawson
Abies commutata var. mucronata Loudon
Abies conica Lavallée
Abies cranstonii Lavallée
Abies elegans Sm. ex Knight
Abies eremita K.Koch
Abies erythrocarpa (Purk.) Nyman
Abies excelsa (Lam.) Poir.
Abies excelsa var. argentea Berg
Abies excelsa var. carpatica Loudon
Abies excelsa var. clambrasiliana Lavallée
Abies excelsa var. columnaris Jacques
Abies excelsa var. communis Loudon
Abies excelsa var. conica Lavallée
Abies excelsa var. elegans J.Forbes
Abies excelsa var. gregoryana Paul ex Gordon
Abies excelsa var. inversa Gordon
Abies excelsa var. inverta Gordon
Abies excelsa var. monstrosa Loudon
Abies excelsa var. mucronata (Loudon) Loudon
Abies excelsa var. nigra Loudon
Abies excelsa var. pumila Maxwell
Abies excelsa var. pumila-glauca A.H.Kent
Abies excelsa var. pygmaea Loudon
Abies excelsa var. remontii R.Sm.
Abies excelsa var. viminalis (Alstr.) Lindl. & Gordon
Abies excelsa var. vulgaris Willk.
Abies extrema Th.Fr.
Abies finedonensis Gordon
Abies gigantea Sm. ex Carrière
Abies gregoryana H.Low ex Gordon
Abies inverta R.Sm. ex Gordon

and 129 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: caspar s, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: GooseCanada, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jens Ullenius, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Andrew Sebastian, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.