Editing Picea engelmannii (section)

{{Short description|Species of North American spruce tree}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Engelmann spruce on the PCT, Washington.JPG
| image_caption = Mature tree with female cones
| status = LC| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Farjon, A. |date=2013 |title=''Picea engelmannii'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T42322A2972365 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42322A2972365.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = {{TNCStatus}}
| status2_system = TNC
| status2_ref = <ref name="NatureServe">{{cite web |last1=NatureServe |title=''Picea engelmannii'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.161764/Picea_engelmannii |access-date=10 September 2024 |location=Arlington, Virginia |date=2024}}</ref>
| genus = Picea
| species = engelmannii
| authority = [[Charles Christopher Parry|Parry]] ex [[George Engelmann|Engelm.]]
| range_map = Picea engelmannii levila.png
}}

'''''Picea engelmannii''''', with the common names '''Engelmann spruce''',<ref name=Montana>{{cite web|url=http://montana.plant-life.org/sample/spruce01.htm|title=Montana Plant Life|access-date=2013-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626212059/http://montana.plant-life.org/sample/spruce01.htm|archive-date=2016-06-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> '''white spruce''',<ref name=Montana/> '''mountain spruce''',<ref name=Montana/> and '''silver spruce''',<ref name=Montana/> is a species of [[spruce]] native to western [[North America]]. It is highly prized for producing distinctive [[tone wood]] for acoustic guitars and other instruments, it is mostly a high-elevation mountain tree but also appears in watered canyons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Picea engelmannifiParry ex Engelm |url=https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/misc/ag_654/volume_1/picea/engelmannii.htm |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=www.srs.fs.usda.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Plant Guide: Engelmann Spruce |url=https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_pien.pdf}}</ref>