Oldest known Engelmann spruce

Publication Type:

Unpublished

Authors:

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

Source:

Volume RM-RN-534, p.6 pp (1995)

Call Number:

U95BRO02IDUS

Keywords:

Dendrochronology, old growth, old-age, Picea engelmannii, tree rings

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.