Botanical Name: Pseudotsuga menziesii
Common Name: Douglas fir
Family: Pinaceae
Distribution/Origin: Western North America
Leaf/Bud: evergreen,
Flower/Inflorescence:
Fruit/Seed: female cones are 5-8cm long, mouse-tail umbo
Stem/Bark: thick brown/red furrowed bark, corky
Size: second tallest conifer in the world, height 60-75m, diameter 1.5-2m are average sizes, can get up to a height of 120m and a diameter of 6m
Habit: upright, branches ascending, erect terminal shoot
Form: apically dominant, pyramidal, open up with age
Culture:
Landscape Use:
Notes: snag, hemlocks take over, brittle bark, self prune in wind, don't plant near a building because of breakage
