Spruce

Plant · mentioned in 20 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
3 mentions via 2 variants: hemlock-spruce (2) · tide-land spruce (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Engelmann's spruce (Picea engelmannii) Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
Missouri River near Musselshell River — John Ordway: May 20, 1805
John Ordway · May 20, 1805 · Missouri River near Musselshell River
"on hill sides" — transcribed as spruce
Clark: May 23, 1805
William Clark · May 23, 1805 · Missouri River near Musselshell River
"on hill sides starboard" — transcribed as Spruces
Clark: May 24, 1805
William Clark · May 24, 1805 · Missouri River near Musselshell River
"on hill sides"
Lewis: May 24, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 24, 1805 · Missouri River near Musselshell River
"covering tops of hills" — transcribed as spruce
Lewis: May 27, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 27, 1805 · Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains
"some little spruce on the hills" — transcribed as spruce
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 25, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Jun 25, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"on top and valleys of mountains" — transcribed as spruce
Great Falls Portage — John Ordway: June 25, 1805
John Ordway · Jun 25, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"growing on mountains" — transcribed as spruce
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 26, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Jun 26, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"along the shore"
Clark: July 17, 1805
William Clark · Jul 17, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"observed on mountains"
Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains — Patrick Gass: July 19, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jul 19, 1805 · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains
"growing on the mountains" — transcribed as spruce
Three Forks of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: July 26, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jul 26, 1805 · Three Forks of the Missouri
"some trees on the shores" — transcribed as spruce
North Fork Salmon River, impassable route — Patrick Gass: September 1, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 1, 1805 · North Fork Salmon River, impassable route
"timbered creek banks" — transcribed as spruce
North Fork Salmon River, impassable route — Patrick Gass: September 2, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 2, 1805 · North Fork Salmon River, impassable route
"creek banks closely timbered" — transcribed as spruce
Lewis: September 9, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Sep 9, 1805 · Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT
"growing among the pines" — transcribed as spruce
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: September 27, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 27, 1805 · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
"timber in the valley" — transcribed as spruce
Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary — Patrick Gass: November 5, 1805
Patrick Gass · Nov 5, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"timber covering country on both sides" — transcribed as spruce
Clark: November 13, 1805
William Clark · Nov 13, 1805 · Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp
"very high spruce pine measured 14 feet"
Clark: December 8, 1805
William Clark · Dec 8, 1805 · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop
"lofty pine of spruce kind"
Clark: January 7, 1806
William Clark · Jan 7, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"timber at camp"
Clark: February 5, 1806
William Clark · Feb 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"described as second largest local tree"

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