British Columbia

===Forests===
White spruce or [[Picea engelmannii|Engelmann spruce]] and their hybrids occur in 12 of the 14 [[biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia]].<ref name="coates">{{Cite report |url=https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Frr/FRR220.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221035600/https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Frr/FRR220.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2018 |url-status=live |title=Ecology and Silviculture of Interior Spruce in British Columbia |last1=Coates |first1=K. Dave |last2=Haeussler |first2=Sybille |date=January 1994 |publisher=Canada/British Columbia Partnership Agreement Forest Resource Development: FRDA II |issue=220 |issn=0835-0752 |last3=Lindeburgh |first3=Scott |last4=Pojar |first4=Rosamund |last5=Stock |first5=Arthur J. |access-date=October 30, 2022}}</ref> Common types of trees present in BC's forests include [[Thuja plicata|western redcedar]], [[Callitropsis nootkatensis|yellow-cedar]], [[Juniperus scopulorum|Rocky Mountain juniper]], [[Pinus contorta|lodgepole pine]], [[Pinus ponderosa|ponderosa or yellow pine]], [[Pinus albicaulis|whitebark pine]], [[Pinus flexilis|limber pine]], [[western white pine]], [[Larix occidentalis|western larch]], [[Larix laricina|tamarack]], [[Larix lyallii|alpine larch]], [[Picea glauca|white spruce]], [[Picea engelmannii|Engelmann spruce]], [[Picea sitchensis|Sitka spruce]], [[Picea mariana|black spruce]], [[Abies grandis|grand fir]], [[Abies amabilis|Amabilis fir]], [[Abies lasiocarpa|subalpine fir]], [[Tsuga heterophylla|western hemlock]], [[Tsuga mertensiana|mountain hemlock]], [[Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii|Douglas-fir]], [[Taxus brevifolia|western yew]], [[Cornus nuttallii|Pacific dogwood]], [[Acer macrophyllum|bigleaf maple]], [[Acer glabrum|Douglas maple]], [[Acer circinatum|vine maple]], [[Arbutus menziesii|arbutus]], [[Crataegus douglasii|black hawthorn]], [[Rhamnus purshiana|cascara]], [[Quercus garryana|Garry oak]], [[Malus fusca|Pacific crab apple]], [[Prunus virginiana|choke cherry]], [[Prunus pensylvanica|pin cherry]], [[Prunus emarginata|bitter cherry]], [[Alnus rubra|red alder]], [[Alnus tenuifolia|mountain alder]], [[Betula papyrifera|paper birch]], [[Betula occidentalis|water birch]], [[Populus trichocarpa|black cottonwood]], [[Populus balsamifera|balsam poplar]], [[Populus tremuloides|trembling aspen]].