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Serbian spruce
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Serbian spruce

Picea omorika

Picea omorika, common name Serbian spruce (Bosnian: Pančićeva omorika, Serbian: Панчићева оморика, pronounced ), is a species of coniferous tree endemic to the Drina River valley in western Serbia, and eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a total range of only about 60 ha, at 800–1,600 m (2,625–5,249 ft) altitude. It was originally discovered near the village of Zaovine (Serbia) on the Tara Mountain in 1875, and named by the Serbian botanist Josif Pančić; the specific epithet omorika is simply...

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