Picea engelmannii

Pinaceae Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.

Etymology
Picea refers to the classical names for spruces.
engelmannii refers to the botanist G. Engelmann.

Colloquial Name
Engelmann’s spruce

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Picea engelmannii:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 71, ABT, BRC, 73, COL, IDA, MNT, ORE, WAS, WYO, 76, ARI, CAL, NEV, UTA, 77, NWM, TEX, 79, MXE, MXE-CU, MXE-NL

Habitat
The natural habitats for Picea engelmannii are temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 4000 up to 4000 metres. Other conifers associated with Picea engelmannii are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 3
Picea engelmannii is hardy to USDA Zone 3 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -40C (-40F) to -34.4C (-30F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Picea engelmannii is stable. There are ongoing threats for Picea engelmannii and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.1 Agriculture & Forestry
• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting
• 3 Climate Change & Natural Disasters
  • 3.3 Habitat Shifting & Alteration
• 5 Natural System Modifications
  • 5.1 Fire & Fire Suppression

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Picea engelmannii has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Picea engelmannii is Subsect. Pungentes. The coordinate taxa for Picea engelmannii are therefore:

Picea engelmannii is further placed under Pinoideae. Picea engelmannii is also placed under Pinaceae.

Cultivars
‘Argentea’, ‘Banff’, ‘Blue Angel’, ‘Blue Cheops’, ‘Blue Magoo’, ‘Blue Shimmer’, ‘Blue Softie’, ‘Bush’s Lace’, ‘Carlson’s Red Cone’, ‘Ceniega’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Daylight’, ‘Fendleri’, ‘Franzi’, ‘Girard Dwarf Pyramid’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Glauca Pendula’, ‘Glauca Virgata’, ‘Heike Kohout’, ‘Hobo’, ‘Hoodie’, ‘Jasper’, ‘Jingles’, ‘KBN Blue’, ‘Ketchum’, ‘Kohout’, ‘Lil Barb’, ‘Lobo’, ‘Microphylla’, ‘Missy’, ‘Nicola’, ‘Pervana’, ‘Pocahontas’, ‘Snake’, ‘Squaw Delight’, ‘Stanley Mountain’, ‘Swan Creek’, ‘Talbot Lake’, ‘Tulendeena’, ‘U Turn’, ‘Vanderwolf’s Blue Pyramid’, ‘Virgata’