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Picea engelmannii

Englemann spruce

Silviculture
(courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)

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North American Timber Types
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The Great American Coniferous Forest
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Quick Stats
Common Names: Abete di Sitka, British Columbia sitka-spruce, coast west spruce, coast spruce, eipcea de menzies, epicea de Menzies, epicea de Sitka, epinette de sitka, great tideland spruce, menzies spar, Menzies spruce, menziesie, picea de Sitka, picea di Sitka, sequoia silver spruce, silver spruce, Sitka spar, Sitka spruce, sitka-fichte, sitkafichte, Sitka-gran, sitka-gran, sitkankuusi, sitka-spar, spruces d'america, tideland spruce, West Coast spruce

Habitat: Engelmann spruce is widely distributed in the western United States and two provinces in Canada

Uses: Engelmann spruce is used principally for lumber and for mine timbers, railroad crossties, and poles.

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