A1299: Picea omorika

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Tree A1299
Accession number
A1299
Botanical name
Picea omorika
Common name
Serbian Spruce
Distribution
Balkans
Year planted
1963
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Picea omorika, common name Pančić spruce or Serbian spruce, is a species of coniferous tree endemic to the Drina River valley in western Serbia, and eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a total range of only about 60 ha, at 800–1,600 m altitude

P. omorika is an evergreen conifer forming a graceful, slender tree of narrowly conical habit, with dark foliage, whitish beneath, in drooping sprays curving up at the tips

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