Spruce (Picea abies) - our tree

Spruce (Picea abies) has previously had a distribution area that includes almost all of Europe. Gradually, as the economic activity of man intensified , spruce forestry began to decline, and today this species of spruce in central Europe has survived only in the Alps, the highlands of the Czech Republic and southern Poland. In Northern Europe, the spruce area includes most of Sweden, almost the whole of Finland and a large part of Norway. In the expanses of the former USSR, it occurs in the Baltic states, in most of Belarus, and in Russia it occupies a forest zone, bounded by the steppe from the south, and from the north by the tundra. Spruce sprouts often grow in the neighborhood with trees of other breeds, forming mixed coniferous-deciduous forests.

This is a shade tree. The forest, where mostly old tall fir trees grow, produces a depressing impression. It is not without reason that a proverb is invented: in a birch forest, having fun, in a pine forest, praying to God, in a fir-tree forest, to strangle yourself with anguish. Perhaps the person who invented it, and thickened the paint, but not much.

Spruce (Picea abies) ordinary grows to a height of fifty meters. The crone is a characteristic "triangular" shape. Khvoinki have a square section and a length of up to two and a half centimeters. Spruce bumps grow to fifteen centimeters long with a diameter of four centimeters. The range of the onset of age, in which seeds begin to ripen on the fir, is quite large. In specimens growing in different conditions, the time of seeding begins at the age of twenty to sixty years. Semenoshenie comes once in four or five years.

The trees that are used for landscape design of the site are many. But, perhaps, one of the first places by right is occupied with spruce. Photo on the background of a Christmas tree (especially on New Year's) - what could be better ?! Spruce is widely used in landscape design. A large number of varieties of varieties for all tastes are derived. To plant it on its site can afford not only wealthy people, but also those whose prosperity is low.

Spruce Ordinary Nidiformis occupies a special place among the "landscape" firs. In the first place - his unusual appearance. Nidiformis grows very slowly, for a year - by three to four centimeters, no more. By the age of forty its growth reaches a maximum value of 130 centimeters. At the same time, the crown of nidiformis with this dwarf growth occupies an area of up to two meters. Such a prickly green, flattened, charming ball.

And her tall sister, a fir-tree, does not only perform decorative functions. It is widely used in the industry for making a variety of things. Telegraph poles, sleepers, tare plate. But this is not all, fir is suitable for making musical instruments, paper.

From the spruce bark, tannins are extracted, and cones are needed to create a variety of medications. Broth of cones is quite successfully treated for respiratory diseases, in particular, asthma. Fungal kidneys have also been used (also used for medical purposes).