Ohio State University Plant Dictionary

Scientific Name:
Picea abies 'Nidiformis'

Family:
Bird's Nest Spruce

Family:
Pinaceae

Description:
Bird's Nest Spruce is still one of the most common evergreen dwarf shrubs that can serve as a specimen evergreen or low spreading edger. It gets its common name from the fact that, in youth, the central region appears sunken, as if ready to support a bird's nest.

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