| Scientific Name: | Pseudotsuga menziesii |
| Common Name: | Douglas fir |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. east of Cascades, B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | > 30m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Forestry, Native planting, Specimen plant, Wind break, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Alternate, Spiraled, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Bark very thick, deeply fissured on older trees; leaves soft, needle-like but much shorter and flatter than pine trees,15-30(-40)cm long x 1.2-1.5mm wide; pollen cones 15-20mm long, yellow-red; seed cones pendulous on 5-10mm long stalks, 4-10cm long × 3-3.5cm wide when opened, bracts tucked under cone scales are 3-pointed (look like tail and back legs of a tiny mouse hiding under scale); seeds 6-8mm long x 3-5mm wide x ~2mm thick, light brown, wing 9-14mm long x ~5mm wide; seedlings with 5-9 cotyledons, 1.2-2cm long with entire margins. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pseudotsuga_menziesii.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |