Picea abies
Norway Spruce
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Épicéa | |
| Deutsch | Fichte | |
| English | Norway Spruce | |
| Français | Epicéa | |
| Italiano | Abete rosso, Peccio | |
| Suomi | Fichte | |
| Norsk | Fichte | |
| Čeština | Fichte | |
| Español | Fichte | |
| Svenska | Fichte | |
| Polski | Fichte | |
| Український | Fichte | |
| Român | Fichte | |
| Русский | ель европейская (el' evropejskaya) (el' evropejskaa (el' evropejskaya)); ель обыкновенная (el' obyknovennaa); | |
| Български | Fichte | |
| EESTI | Fichte | |
| 日本語 | Fichte | |
| 中文 | 欧洲云杉 (ou zhou yun shan) (ou zhou yun shan (ou zhou yun shan)) | |
| Other names |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Europe | |||
| States and Territories | Central (on mountains), N and E Europe, eastward to the Ural Mts., where the species merges with P. obovata; Northern Europe; Finland; Norway; Sweden; Middle Europe; Austria; Liechtenstein; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Switzerland; Southwestern Europe; France; Southeastern Europe; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece; Italy; Romania; European Turkey; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Kosovo; Macedonia; Montenegro; Serbia; Slovenia; Eastern Europe; Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Central European Russia; RUG; East European Russia; North European Russia; Northwest European Russia; Moldova; Ukraine | |||
| Swiss wood | Native in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood) | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Gymnosperm | |||
| Class | Pinopsida | |||
| Order | Pinales | |||
| Family | Pinaceae | |||
| Genus | Picea | |||
| Species | abies | |||
| Author citation | (L.) H. Karst. | |||
| Scientific name | Picea abies (L.) H. Karst. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Softwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 4 | |||
| Mushrooms laboratory | 4to5 | |||
| House longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus) | S | |||
| Common furniture beetle (Anobium) | S | |||
| Termites | S | |||
| Remarks | Nicht bestän- dig gegen Bohrmuscheln | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 3-4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 3v | |||
| Width of the sapwood | x | |||
Physical properties
| Density, air dry u =15%, lower limit | 330.00 | % | ||
| Density, air dry u =15%, upper limit | 470.00 | % | ||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 440.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 460.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 470.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Mechanical properties
| Compressive strength, mean value | 43–50 | N/mm2 | ||
| Tensile strength, mean | 90.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Flexural strength, mean | 66–78 | N/mm2 | ||
| Young's modulus, mean | 11000.00 | N/mm2 | ||
Areas of application
| Cladding; Furniture; Doors & Windowframes; Construction; Agriculture; interior panelling |
Appearances
Wood
PCAB,WPNN , altholz , ©Bollinger Furniere
PCAB,WPNN , antik , ©Bollinger Furniere
PCAB,WPNN , ast , ©Bollinger Furniere
PCAB,WPNN , astrein, gedaempft, aufbau , ©Atlas Holz
PCAB,WPNN , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz
PCAB,WPNN , aufbau , ©Bollinger Furniere
PCAB,WPNN , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere
Picea abies , ©Lignum
PCAB,WPNN , 100x75mm , ©Hansueli Schmid
PCAB,WPNN , 115x55mm , ©Silvano Schmid
Bark
PCAB,WPNN , Bark , ©Michael P. Frankis
PCAB,WPNN , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Branch
PCAB,WPNN , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson
Cones
PCAB,WPNN , Blugaria, Cones , ©Michael P. Frankis
PCAB,WPNN , Cones , ©Dennis Wilson
PCAB,WPNN , Norway, Cones , ©Michael P. Frankis