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Picea abies
Spruce species native to Europe. This one measured about 12 meters in height. When young it grows quite fast, up to 1 m per year for the first 25 years under good conditions. It eventually grows slower once the trees reaches 20 meters.
A press release from Umeå University says that a Norway Spruce named Old Tjikko, carbon dated as 9,550 years old, is the "oldest living tree" on earth.