Quercus

Norway Spruce

Picea abies

Native status: sources disagree

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

100CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Picea

  • Abagrotis alternataGreater Red Dart, Mottled Grey Cutworm
  • Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
  • Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
  • Argyrotaenia occultanaFall Spruce Needle Moth
  • Argyrotaenia pinatubanaPine Tube Moth
  • Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
  • Besma quercivorariaOak Besma
  • Callophrys niphonPine Elfin
  • Campaea perlataPale Beauty, Fringed Looper
  • Caripeta angustiorataBrown Pine Looper Moth
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  • Caripeta divisataGray Spruce Looper Moth
  • Celypha nr.Celypha Moth
  • Cenopis directanaChokecherry Leafroller Moth
  • Choristoneura conflictanaLarge Aspen Tortrix
  • Choristoneura fumiferanaSpruce Budworm Moth
  • Choristoneura pinusJack Pine Budworm
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Cladara limitariaMottled Gray Carpet, Yellow-Lined Conifer Looper, Yellow-Lined Forest Looper, Black-Angled Wave
  • Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
  • Dasychira mantoRusty Tussock Moth, Manto Tussock Moth
  • Dasychira vagansVariable Tussock Moth
  • Dioryctria abietivorellaEvergreen Coneworm Moth, Fir Coneworm
  • Dioryctria disclusaWebbing Coneworm
  • Dysstroma truncataMarbled Carpet
  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
  • Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
  • Elaphria versicolorVariegated Midget
  • Eucopina tocullionanaWhite Pine Cone Borer
  • Eufidonia notatariaPowder Moth
  • Eupithecia annulataLarch Pug, March Pug
  • Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
  • Eupsilia sidusSidus Sallow
  • Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
  • Exoteleia pinifoliellaPine Needle Miner
  • Feralia comstockiComstock's Sallow
  • Feralia jocosaJocose Sallow, The Joker
  • Feralia majorMajor Sallow, Pine Sallow
  • Gerdana caritellaGerdana Moth
  • Glena cribratariaDotted Gray
  • Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
  • Hydriomena divisariaBlack-Dashed Hydriomena, Transverse-Banded Looper
  • Hydriomena renunciataRenounced Hydriomena
  • Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
  • Hypoprepia fucosaPainted Lichen Moth
  • Hypsopygia intermedialisRed-Shawled Moth
  • Idia aemulaCommon Idia
  • Idia americalisAmerican Idia
  • Iridopsis vellivolataLarge Purplish Gray
  • Lambdina fervidariaCurve-Lined Looper Moth
  • Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
  • Lithophane innominataNameless Pinion
  • Macaria bisignataRed-Headed Inchworm
  • Macaria minorataMinor Angle
  • Macaria signariaPale-Marked Angle, Spruce-Fir Looper, Dusky Peacock
  • Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
  • Melanchra pictaPainted Arches, Zebra Caterpillar Moth
  • Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
  • Melanolophia signatariaSignate Melanolphia
  • Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
  • Nemoria mimosariaWhite-Fringed Emerald
  • Nepytia canosariaFalse Hemlock Looper Moth, Evergreen Span Worm
  • Nepytia semiclusariaPine Conelet Looper
  • Operophtera bruceataBruce Spanworm
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
  • Packardia geminataJeweled Tail Slug Moth
  • Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
  • Panthea acronyctoidesBlack Zigzag, Tufted Spruce Caterpillar
  • Panthea furcillaEastern Panthea, Tufted Pine Panthea
  • Paralobesia palliolanaSpruce Mlcromoth
  • Pero morrisonariaMorrison's Pero
  • Phlogophora periculosaBrown Angle Shades
  • Plagodis fervidariaFervid Plagodis
  • Plagodis pulverariaAmerican Barred Umber, Barred Umber
  • Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
  • Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
  • Protoboarmia porcelariaPorcelain Gray, Dashedlined Looper
  • Pyrrhia exprimensPurple-Lined Sallow, Purple-Lined Sun Moth
  • Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
  • Sparganothis tristriataThree-Streaked Sparganothis
  • Sparganothis unifascianaOne-Lined Sparganothis
  • Sphinx gordiusApple Sphinx
  • Spiramater lutraDarling Mamestra, Splashed Arches, Otter Spiramater, Otter Arches
  • Synanthedon piniPitch Mass Borer
  • Syndemis afflictanaFall Dead-Leaf Roller, Gray Leafroller, Black-and-Grey Banded Leafroller
  • Syngrapha aliasSpruce Looper, Hooked Silver Y
  • Syngrapha rectangulaSalt-and-Pepper Looper Moth
  • Taniva albolineanaSpruce Needleminer Moth
  • Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Xestia badicollisWhite Pine Cutworm, Northern Variable Dart, White Pine Dart, Northern Pine Dart
  • Xestia dilucidaDull Reddish Dart, Reddish Heath Dart
  • Xestia elimataSouthern Variable Dart, Southern Pine Dart
  • Zale minereaColorful Zale
  • Zanclognatha cruralisEarly Zanclognatha, Early Fan-Foot
  • Zanclognatha protumnusalisConifer Zanclognatha, Complex Fan-Foot
  • Apotomops wellingtoniana
  • Epinotia septemberana
  • Nemapogon variatella
  • Xenotemna pallorana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
6BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Picea

  • Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
  • Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
  • Loxia curvirostraRed Crossbill
  • Loxia leucopteraWhite-winged Crossbill
  • Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
  • Spizelloides arboreaAmerican Tree Sparrow
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Pinaceae
Hardiness
Zones 2a–7b
Soil pH
Acidic
Flower color
Brown/copper, yellow, green or purple
Growth rate
Slow
Growth habit
Single stem
Foliage color
Dark green
Fruit begins
Summer
Fruit ends
Fall

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Norway Spruce

Conservation status

Kentucky rankSNA
Global rankG5
KY statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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