Serbian spruce Pinaceae Picea omorika (Pancic) Purk. Listen to the Latin   symbol: PIOM2
Other Fact Sheets
Leaf: Evergreen, four-angled needles, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, somewhat flattened, upper side green, lower side with 2 blue-white lines of stomata, shiny and tending to curve upwards and towards tip, tips pointed on young trees but more rounded on older specimens.
Flower: Monoecious; males short, cylindrical and reddish; females purplish green, appearing in spring.

Fruit: Small cones, cylindrical, 1 1/2 to 2 inches long, scales are lustrous brown, with toothed margin, maturing in fall.

Twig: Slender to medium in size, finely hairy, orange-brown. Needles are borne on woody pegs.

Bark: Thin, dark gray-brown in color, smooth, later flaky or scaly.

Form: Upright tree to 60 feet (maximum 100) with a narrow crown of graceful branches; secondary limbs tend to droop.
 
USDA Plants Database
Picea omorika is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and is not known to widely escape cultivaton.

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