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Western spruce and fir:  From the NRCS - "This is a western type group in which true firs, Engelmann spruce, or Colorado blue spruce, singly or in combination, comprise a plurality of the cover. Common associates include mountain hemlock and lodgepole pine."   This particular glade is located in the Lincoln National Forest. 
Western spruce-fir type (sub-alpine glade)

Western spruce and fir:  From NRCS - "This is a western type group in which true firs, Engelmann spruce, or Colorado blue spruce, singly or in combination, comprise a plurality of the cover. Common associates include mountain hemlock and lodgepole pine."    This particular glade is located in the Lincoln National Forest.
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