spruce pine

Plant · mentioned in 12 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
4 mentions via 1 variant: pine (4)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
Lewis: May 23, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 23, 1805 · Missouri River near Musselshell River
"small size among pitch pine"
Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains — Joseph Whitehouse: May 27, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · May 27, 1805 · Missouri River, first view of Rocky Mountains
"some spots seen in area" — transcribed as Spruce pine
North Fork Salmon River, impassable route — Patrick Gass: September 3, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 3, 1805 · North Fork Salmon River, impassable route
"thickly timbered mountainous country"
Clark: September 12, 1805
William Clark · Sep 12, 1805 · Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains
"timber growing along route" — transcribed as Spruce Pine
Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains — John Ordway: September 15, 1805
John Ordway · Sep 15, 1805 · Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains
"covering swampy creek areas" — transcribed as Spruce pine
John Ordway: September 16, 1805
John Ordway · Sep 16, 1805 · Bitterroot Mountains / Lolo Trail near Wendover Ridge, Idaho
"thicket where they camped" — transcribed as Spruce pine
Lost and starving in Bitterroot Mountains — Patrick Gass: September 17, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 17, 1805 · Lost and starving in Bitterroot Mountains
"growing on these mountains"
Patrick Gass: September 20, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 20, 1805 · Western Bitterroot Mountains / descending to Weippe Prairie, Idaho
"timbered country on hillsides"
Nez Perce villages on Clearwater — Patrick Gass: September 23, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 23, 1805 · Nez Perce villages on Clearwater
"growing on the ridge"
Clark: November 2, 1805
William Clark · Nov 2, 1805 · Cascades of the Columbia, portage
"timber on mountains" — transcribed as Spruce pine
Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary — Patrick Gass: November 3, 1805
Patrick Gass · Nov 3, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"timber back from river"
Clark: November 4, 1805
William Clark · Nov 4, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"growing back from prairie"

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