Douglas fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Continent
- North America
- Habitat
- Forest, Mountains
- Form
- Tree
- Leaves
- Needles
- Flower colour
- No flowers
- Blooms in
- Never blooms
- Use
- Timber
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- It is not a true fir, and each cone scale has a three-pointed bract that looks like a mouse's hind legs and tail.
- It is named after David Douglas, a Scottish botanist who sent its seeds to Britain in the late 1820s.
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Similar plants
- European larch
Larix decidua
- Cedar of lebanon
Cedrus libani
- Silver fir
Abies alba
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q156687 · All plants · All entries