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Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.

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

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , altholz , ©Bollinger Furniere

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , antik , ©Bollinger Furniere

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , ast , ©Bollinger Furniere

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , astrein, gedaempft, aufbau , ©Atlas Holz

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , aufbau , ©Atlas Holz

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , aufbau , ©Bollinger Furniere

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere

Norway Spruce

Picea abies , ©Lignum

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , 100x75mm , ©Hansueli Schmid

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , 115x55mm , ©Silvano Schmid

Bark

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , Bark , ©Michael P. Frankis

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Cones

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , Blugaria, Cones , ©Michael P. Frankis

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , Cones , ©Dennis Wilson

Norway Spruce

PCAB,WPNN , Norway, Cones , ©Michael P. Frankis