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White Spruce. Exgei^jiaxn's Spruce. 

 Picea engelvianni (Parry) Engelmann. 



Named for George Engelmann, an American botanist 



Habitat. 



Leaf. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 grows at ver}' high eleva- 

 tions, forming forest at 

 8,000'-l 0,000'; best in 

 British Columbia. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, T5'-100', 

 even 150'; diameter, 2'-3', 

 even -5'; branches whorled, 

 spreading ; bark, deepl}' 

 farrowed, red-brown to 

 purplish brown, thin, 

 large, loose scales; leaves, 

 blue-green, point in all 

 directions; cones, 2" 

 long, oblong, cylindrical. 



Appearance of Wood : 



Color, pale yellow or red- 

 dish, sap-wood hardly dis- 

 tinguishable; non-porous; 

 rings, very fine, summer 

 wood, narrow, not con- 

 spicuous; grain, straight, 

 close ; rays, numerous, 

 conspicuous; resin ducts, 

 small and few. 



