Picea abies 'Tabuliformis' is a widely spreading selection of Norway spruce that starts out as a rather flat mat, later mounding up as the layered branches begin stacking up. Finally, an old specimen will be rather broadly globose, but still maintained layered, flattened growth in the branches. Needles are fairly short and dark-green in color. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 3 feet (1 m) tall and 6 feet (2 m) broad, an average growth rate of 6 to 8 inches (15 - 20 cm).
This cultivar orginated as a witch's broom found in the mid-1800s in Trianon Park in Versailles, France. French botanist, Élie-Abel Carrière formally described it in 1867 in Traité Général des Conifères. In the Latin language, "Tabuliformis" loosely translates into "table-top."
