Burke: Picea engelmannii

	Picea engelmannii
	Engelmann's spruce
Habit	Straight, spire-like trees up to 50 m. tall, the trunk up to 1 m. thick
Bark	Bark rather thin, scaly, brownish-red to purplish; young twigs usually finely pubescent, often glabrous.
Leaves	Needles fairly sharp but not stiff, 2-3 cm. long, deep bluish-green, spreading in all directions from the branch, 4-angled, with two whitish lines on both surfaces, attached to a raised base.

	Picea engelmannii
Identification notes	Staminate cones pendant, yellow, 10-15 mm. long; ovulate cones 4-5 cm. long, yellow-brown to purplish-brown, the scales finely denticulate, more than twice as long as the oblong bracts and completely concealing them; ovulate cones deciduous as a whole after one season.
Habitat	Moderate to high elevations in the mountains, mostly where somewhat moist.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	P. ×albertiana, P. sitchensis
Subordinate taxa	P. engelmannii var. engelmannii
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Picea engelmannii

Engelmann's spruce

Habit

Straight, spire-like trees up to 50 m. tall, the trunk up to 1 m. thick

Bark

Bark rather thin, scaly, brownish-red to purplish; young twigs usually finely pubescent, often glabrous.

Leaves

Needles fairly sharp but not stiff, 2-3 cm. long, deep bluish-green, spreading in all directions from the branch, 4-angled, with two whitish lines on both surfaces, attached to a raised base.

Staminate cones pendant, yellow, 10-15 mm. long; ovulate cones 4-5 cm. long, yellow-brown to purplish-brown, the scales finely denticulate, more than twice as long as the oblong bracts and completely concealing them; ovulate cones deciduous as a whole after one season.

Habitat

Moderate to high elevations in the mountains, mostly where somewhat moist.

Distribution