Picea koraiensis

Korean spruce is a member of the pine or Pinaceae family and is native to parts of North Korea, China and Russia. It is closely related to Koyama's spruce (P. koyamae). It grows up to 30 m tall.

• Leaves are needle-like, rhombic (4 sides all equal length), 12–22 mm long, spirally arranged on the branchlets; needles are on short pegs (sterigmata, or pulvini).
• Cones are pendulous, non-fragmenting, cylindric, 4–8 cm long and 2 cm across, pale brown, with stiff, smoothly rounded scales.
• Bark smooth and brown on young trees, turning gray-brown, peeling off in thin scales; on old trees, it is black-grey, rough and scaly.