Pseudotsuga menziesii |
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coast Douglas-fir, Douglas-fir, Oregon-pine, sapin de Douglas |
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Habit | Trees to 90(–100)m; trunk to 4.4m diam.; crown narrow to broadly conic, flattened in age. | ||||
Twigs | slender, pubescent, becoming glabrous with age. |
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Leaves | 15–30(–40) × 1–1.5mm, yellow-green to dark or bluish green, apex obtuse to acute. |
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Pollen cones | yellow-red. |
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Seed(s) | cones 4–10 × 3–3.5cm. |
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Pseudotsuga menziesii |
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Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; TX; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; Mexico
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Discussion | Pseudotsuga menziesii is a most important timber tree, valued in both the Old and New worlds. The two intergrading varieties are sympatric in southern British Columbia and northeastern Washington. Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is the state tree of Oregon. Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 2. | ||||
Parent taxa | Pinaceae > Pseudotsuga | ||||
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Synonyms | Abies menziesii, Abies mucronata, Abies taxifolia, Pinus taxifolia, P. douglasii, P. mucronata, P. taxifolia | ||||
Name authority | (Mirbel) Franco: Bol. Soc. Brot. ser. 2, 24: 74. (1950) | ||||
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