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Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii)

[ Trees > Conifers > Spruces . . . ]      Forest Type: Subalpine Spruce/Fir

Range

Four-sided, blue-green, flexible needles that leave pegs when they fall; reddish brown, thin and scaly bark; cones less than 2.5 inches long; growing in western mountains.

by Michael Kuo

Habitat: At lower elevations in the northern Rocky Mountains, and at higher elevations in the southern Rockies; in pure stands or mixed with other conifers (often with subalpine fir).

Stature: 60-120 feet high; to 3 feet in diameter; narrowly pyramid-shaped; scraggly; branches short, whorled.

Needles: 1 inch long; blue-green; four-sided; fairly flexible and not very sharp.

Bark: Thin; loosely scaly; reddish to purplish brown.

Cones: 1-2.5 inches; scales flexible; bud scales appressed; persisting up to one year before falling in fall or winter.

Source: Preston, R. J. (1989). North American Trees. Ames: Iowa State UP.

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Further Online Information:

Engelmann Spruce - Subalpine Fir Forests
Engelmann Spruce at eNature
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