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Endocronartium harknessii sporulating (aeciospores) on jack pine Engelhart Management Unit

Endocronartium harknessii sporulating (aeciospores) on jack pine. Engelhart Management Unit

Engelmann spruce in Manning Provincial Park. Ht. 45m.

Fire origin Engelmann spruce and lodgepole pine with alpine fir in the understorey. Kamloops.

Engelmann spruce and alpine fir 400 years+ at Elevation 5000 feet. Northwestern Pulp and Power, Hinton. N.B. decay and mortality

Engelmann spruce and alpine fir(A.lasiocarpa) 400 years+ at Elevation 5000 feet. N.B. decadence. Northwestern Pulp and Power, Hinton

Engelmann spruce and alpine fir(A.lasiocarpa) 400 years+ at Elevation 5000 feet. Northwestern Pulp and Power, Hinton

Over mature Engelmann spruce and ponderosa pine (very mature). Near Kelowna. Photo Mike Meagher

Clearcut in high elevation Engelmann spruce and lodgepole pine. Kamloops.