Oldest known Engelmann spruce

Peter M. Brown; Wayne D. Shepperd; Christopher C. Brown; Stephen A. Mata; Douglas L. McClain

doi:10.2737/RM-RN-534

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Oldest known Engelmann spruce

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Authors:

Peter M. Brown, Wayne D. Shepperd, Christopher C. Brown, Stephen A. Mata, Douglas L. McClain

Year:

1995

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RM-RN-534

Source:

Res. Note RM-RN-534. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p.

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Abstract

Age structure in a stand of very old-age Engelmann spruce is described. The site is at 3,505 m near treeline in the Fraser Experimental Forest in central Colorado. The site contains the oldest Engelmann spruce trees yet reported in the literature; the oldest tree is at least 852 years of age.

Keywords

dendrochronology, old-age, old growth, Picea engelmannii, tree rings, Fraser Experimental Forest

Citation

Brown, Peter M.; Shepperd, Wayne D.; Brown, Christopher C.; Mata, Stephen A.; McClain, Douglas L. 1995. Oldest known Engelmann spruce. Res. Note RM-RN-534. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p.