Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.
Engelmann spruce (Engelmann spruce )
Pinaceae (Pine family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Engelmann spruce (Engelmann spruce )
Pinaceae (Pine family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Introduction
This evergreen coniferous tree species is found in BC and Alberta south to northern California, Arizona and New Mexico.
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Species Information
General:
Tree straight, spire-like, up to 50 m tall; bark brownish-red and loosely scaly, thin; young twigs usually hairy, occasionally glabrous.
Leaves:
Needles sharp, not stiff; twisting somewhat toward upper side of branch; 4-angled; strong odour.
Cones:
Seed cones 4-5 cm long, becoming yellowish-brown at maturity; scales blunt to abruptly sharp-pointed, finely irregular wavy margined, papery thin; pollen cones yellow, 10-15 mm long.
Notes:
Known to hybridize with P. sitchensis (west side of the Coast-Cascade Mountains) and P. glauca (see notes under P. glauca). Pure P. engelmannii is found mainly in the Rocky Mountains.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
Yellow
Blooming Period:
Late Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Picea engelmannii
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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| Elevation
(metres) |
1583 | 7 | 2750 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
25 | 0 | 420 |
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Aspect (degrees) |
280 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
8407 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
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All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(59), BAFA(17), BWBS(32), CWH(40), ESSF(6158), ICH(654), IDF(168), IMA(28), MH(14), MS(447), PP(2), SBPS(5), SBS(108), SWB(14) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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