Coast Douglas-Fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii menziesii

Summary 7

Douglas fir, with the scientific name Pseudotsuga menziesii, also known as Oregon pine or Douglas spruce, is an evergreen conifer species native to western North America. The common name is misleading since it is not a true fir, i.e., not a member of the genus Abies. For this reason the name is often written as Douglas-fir (a name also used for the genus Pseudotsuga as a whole).

National distribution 8

Canada
Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

United States
Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/32005048@N06/3228708480
  2. (c) Walter Siegmund, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Pseudotsuga_menziesii_28019.JPG/460px-Pseudotsuga_menziesii_28019.JPG
  3. (c) Walter Siegmund, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/DouglasFir_7491t.jpg/460px-DouglasFir_7491t.jpg
  4. (c) Walter Siegmund, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Pseudotsuga_menziesii_28022.JPG/460px-Pseudotsuga_menziesii_28022.JPG
  5. (c) Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, United States, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Pseudotsuga_menziesii_GPNF.jpg/460px-Pseudotsuga_menziesii_GPNF.jpg
  6. (c) Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, United States, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Pseudotsuga_menziesii_GNF.jpg/460px-Pseudotsuga_menziesii_GNF.jpg
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_fir
  8. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29135186

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