Photo: Picea abies 10.

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Photo: Picea abies 10.

Branch in hoarfrost, nice. This is actually quite rare, down here in southern Finland. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 2004-03-05.


Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.
Engl.: Norway spruce, spruce fir, white spruce.
Deu.: Fichte, Gemeine Fichte, Rotfichte, Rottanne.
Suom.: metsäkuusi, euroopankuusi, kuusi.
Sven.: gran, rödgran, vanlig gran.
Fran.: épicéa.
Pharm.: abietis resina, frankincense, pix burgundica, thus.
Bot. syn.: Abies excelsa Poir., Abies picea Mill., Picea excelsa (Lam.) Link, nom. illeg., Picea fennica (Regel) Kom., Picea vulgaris Link, Pinus abies L., Pinus excelsa Lam., Pinus picea Du Roi.
Pre-Linnaean: Abies