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Engelmann spruce /ˈɛŋɡ(ə)lmən /(also Engelmann's spruce) nounA tall spruce found in the mountains of western North America and Mexico.- Picea engelmannii, family Pinaceae.
Montane forest has lodgepole pine and Engelmann spruce, with Douglas fir often found on north slopes and ponderosa pine on south slopes....- In the Chilcotin, a Switzerland-size plateau on the dry, inland side of the Coast Mountains, forests of Engelmann spruce, Douglas fir, and lodgepole pine are systematically mowed down.
- Five miles up the trail the tree line - a stunted patchwork of subalpine firs and Engelmann spruces - was already behind me.
Origin Mid 19th century: named after George Engelmann (1809–84), American botanist. |