Picea mariana 'Doumetii' is a widely planted, upright, conical dwarf selection of black spruce with dense uniform branching, and short, gray-green, radially arranged needles. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 4 feet (1.3 m) tall and wide, an annual growth rate of 4 to 6 inches (10 - 15 cm).
This cultivar originated based on a unique plant found in the mid 1850s at at Chateau de Balene, Moulins France. Élie-Abel Carrière first described it in 1855 in Traité général des conifères.
The plant is named in honor of Napoléon Doumet-Adanson (1834 - 1897), a French naturalist. He was a botanist specializing in the flora of Tunisia . He was a founder member of the Société d'horticulture et de botanique de l'Hérault. Doumet was also interested in entomology. He was a Member of the Institut de France.
