Picea engelmannii var. engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.
Pinaceae (Pine family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Pinaceae (Pine family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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Distribution of Picea engelmannii var. engelmannii
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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.