NOUN
- medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown
How To Use Alpine fir In A Sentence
- Vegetative cover is extremely diverse: alpine environments contain various herb, lichen and shrub associations; whereas the subalpine environment has tree species such as lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, silver fir, grand fir, and Engelmann spruce. Northwestern Forested Mountains ecoregion (CEC)
- At higher elevations, it is seral to subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce. Ecoregions of Wyoming (EPA)
- Forested slopes of lodgepole pine and subalpine fir give way to aspen-clad foothills and rolling sagebrush steppes that have the spongy look of muskeg, but two shades lighter.
- Winter snowfall accumulates as a snowpack and the high elevation Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir and limber pine forests provide an essential cover so that the snow melts slowly in the springtime and feeds the headwaters of the mighty Colorado River which drains one tenth of the land base in the lower 48 states. Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming, Drought and the Grim Reaper
- Potential natural vegetation includes subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce, with lodgepole pine as a seral species. Ecoregions of Wyoming (EPA)
- In Washington, they are typically found in lodgepole pine, mountain hemlock, subalpine fir, whitebark pine, and Engleman spruce.
- Spruce bark beetles were after the spruce trees and fir engraver beetles were killing subalpine fir trees. Bird Cloud
- It is dominated by tree species that thrive in cool, humid climates with heavy snow cover, such as subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce. Ecoregions of Utah (EPA)
- Subalpine forest has subalpine fir, Engelmann spruce, lodgepole pine, and mountain ash.
- Four species, White Spruce (Picea glauca), Engelmann Spruce (Piceaengelmanni), Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta), and Alpine Fir (Abieslaciocarpa) comprise the spruce-pine-fir species group.