School of Horticulture
Plant Database
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Scientific Name: | Pseudotsuga menziesii |
Pronunciation: | soo-doe-TSOO-guh MEN-zeez-ee-eye |
Common Name: | Douglas fir |
Family Name: | Pinaceae |
Plant Type: | Conifer |
Key ID Features: | Leaves soft, needle-like, much shorter and flatter than pine trees; cones pendulous with 3-pointed bracts tucked under cone scales, look like tail and back legs of a mouse hiding under scale; bark very thick, deeply fissured. Seedling ID: 5-9 cotyledons, 1.2-2 cm long, no teeth. |
Course(s): | AARB 1012, HORT 1155, Level 4 Apprenticeship |
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Propagation: | Seed |
Plant Care: | |
Maintenance: | Low |
Pest Susceptibility: | Drought resistant, Dieback, Nematodes, Scale insects, Diptera - true flies, Canker or sap rot, Rust, Aphids or adelgids, Caterpillar or cutworm, Blight or needle cast |
Location(s): (JPL) Juglans PLanting (TFL) Turf Field Lab (TFLW) Turf Field Lab West (WDH) Wark-Dumais House : 213, 215 (WLG) WoodLand Garden Location Map |