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Other names for this tree have included Oregon pine, [7] British Columbian pine, [8] Puget Sound pine, [8] Douglas spruce, [8] false hemlock, [7] red fir, [7] or red pine [7] (although again red pine may refer to a different tree species, Pinus resinosa, and red fir may refer to Abies magnifica).
Pseudotsuga / ˌ sj uː d oʊ ˈ t s uː ɡ ə / [1] is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae).Common names for species in the genus include Douglas fir, Douglas-fir, Douglas tree, Oregon pine and Bigcone spruce.
Coast Douglas-fir is the fourth tallest conifer and fifth tallest of all trees in the world (after sitka spruce).Currently, coast Douglas-fir trees 60–75 metres (197–246 ft) or more in height and 1.5–2 metres (4.9–6.6 ft) in diameter are common in old growth stands, [4] and maximum heights of 100–120 metres (330–390 ft) and diameters up to 4.5–5.5 metres (15–18 ft) have been ...
Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. In spring and winter (in British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana) elk browse on south- and southwest-facing Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine stands, particularly when shrubs and/or grasses are productive. In summer, elk generally are found at higher ...
The hardest hardwoods are much harder than any softwood, [4] but in both groups there is enormous variation with the range of wood hardness of the two groups overlapping. For example, balsa wood, which is a hardwood, is softer than most softwoods, whereas the longleaf pine, Douglas fir, and yew softwoods are much harder than several hardwoods.
Articles related to the Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and its varieties. It is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae . It is native to western North America .
Whitetail Deer. Reindeer. Classification. Species: Odocoileus virginianus Species: Rangifer tarandus Native to. The Americas. The Arctic, subarctic, tundra. Fur ...
Japanese Douglas-fir Pinaceae (pine family) Pseudotsuga macrocarpa: bigcone Douglas-fir Pinaceae (pine family) Pseudotsuga menziesii: Douglas-fir; common douglas-fir Pinaceae (pine family) Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. glauca: blue Douglas-fir Pinaceae (pine family) Pseudotsuga sinensis: Chinese Douglas-fir Pinaceae (pine family) Tsuga: hemlocks ...