Douglas fir
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The Douglas fir is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is the tallest tree in the Pinaceae family. It is native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir, Dou
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Pseudotsuga menziesii MHNT.BOT.52.4
Mature individual in the Wenatchee Mountains
Young female cone
Pseudotsuga
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Pseudotsuga is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae. Common names for species in the genus include Douglas fir, Douglas-fir, Douglas tree, Oregon pine and Bigcone spruce. Pseud
Douglas fir
…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). The specific epithet menziesii is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas. Menzies first…
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Coast Douglas-fir branch
Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir twig
Coast Douglas-fir seed cone, from a tree grown from seed collected by David Douglas